Make supermarket booze more expensive, says think tank
Colin 'CJ' Lewis says higher taxes for supermarket alcohol is a great idea in theory, but might not work out in practice.
"The price of alcohol here [in the pub] compared with the price in a supermarket is a bit ridiculous."He says the idea of higher taxes for alcohol in supermarkets is"great" for the pub industry in theory, but he's not sure how it would work out in practice.And any tax relief on beer sold in brewery-owned pubs might be clawed back from landlords by the breweries, he adds.
Landlords have a duty of care to people in their pubs, she said, adding that a change in the tax regime would"reduce societal harms". "It is also important that the report recognises that the excise duty regime should encourage the consumption of lower-strength products."
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