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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Ambrose

UK alcohol tax changes: will your favourite drink cost more or less?

Serving red wine
Duty on wine with ABV between 11.5% and 14.5% will rise by 44p. Photograph: Photo by Rafa Elias/Getty Images

Many alcoholic drinks will cost more from Tuesday after Rishi Sunak and the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, enforced tax rises on booze.

Under the shake-up first set out by the prime minister when he was chancellor in 2021, duty will now be levied according to the strength, rather than type, of alcohol.

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