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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Will Durrant

London bar owner says Treasury change ‘misunderstands why people drink wine’

Treasury minister James Murray said firms had ‘adapted well to the new system’ (Alamy/PA) -

A change to alcohol duty “fundamentally misunderstands why people drink wine”, a London speakeasy owner has said, as he warned nightlife faces an “existential crisis”.

Paul Kohler, the Liberal Democrat MP for Wimbledon, said “every increase in cost makes survival more difficult” for businesses like the one he owns.

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