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Sophie Wingate

Publican heckles pint-pouring Rishi Sunak over alcohol duty hikes during promo visit

Rishi Sunak has been heckled during a beer festival visit where he was seeking to promote a shake-up of the alcohol duty regime that will hike tax on a range of drinks.

“Prime Minister, oh the irony that you’re raising alcohol duty on the day that you’re pulling a pint,” publican Rudi Keyser yelled, as Mr Sunak toured the Great British Beer Festival in London on Tuesday.

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