Chancellor brings little cheer for consumers, pubs or brewers

CAMRA chief executive Tom Stainer said pub-goers face rising prices and pubs need financial support now if they are to survive, following the chancellor’s spring statement. Tom said: “With the Office of Budget Responsibility stating  household disposable incomes are set to fall at the biggest ever rate since records began, it looks like we are in for a huge dent in consumer spending which will hit our pubs, social clubs and the breweries that serve them....