Jeremy Hunt has been accused of taking a hammer blow to the Scotch whisky industry after he slapped a 10 per cent tax hike on distillers.
The Tory Chancellor left drinks producers furious today after he announced a huge increase in alcohol duty as part of his 2023 Budget statement.
The whisky industry accused Hunt of breaking a previous UK Government’s pledge to "review alcohol duty to ensure our tax system is supporting Scottish whisky".