Ben Everitt, the MP for Milton Keynes North, is supporting local pubs and breweries across his constituency by backing the "Make It 20%" campaign to expand the new Draught Duty Relief to 20%.
The new Draught Duty Relief is being introduced on 1 August, providing a tax discount for draught drinks including beer sold in community pubs. Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is due to decide on duty rates from 1 August in his Spring Budget on 15 March.
Under this Draught Duty Relief those alcoholic products including beer, cider and mead packaged into containers larger than 20 litres and below 8.5% ABV will qualify for a 5% lower duty rate
Small independent breweries believe a more substantial initial cut of 20% on draught products would encourage people to support their local community pub and drink in a supervised environment instead of at home and could secure SME jobs and businesses in the pub and alcohol sector.
Ben Everitt MP said: "Pubs are often at the heart of our local communities and having been one of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic we need to be doing everything we can to support them.
"From Woughton-On-The-Green to Newton Blossomville, I've visited pubs across Milton Keynes North and know just how important they are to jobs, communities and local economies."
