Category: Legislation
Why Welsh pubs are vital in tackling loneliness
Why CAMRA’s campaigning in Wales is focusing on the role of pubs in combatting loneliness.
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Are Northern Ireland’s alcohol laws set for change?
Paul Edgeworth discusses Northern Ireland’s alcohol laws in the Campaigns Blog’s first post
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Scottish pubs code looks likely as legislation wins cross party support
A significant step been taken in the campaign to reform Scotland’s tied pub sector as MSP Neil Bibby’s proposal for a Tied Pubs Bill secures cross-party support.
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The Long Read – protecting special pubs
In the first of our “long reads” Nigel Tarn discusses how pubs with particular cultural, societal or historic interest can survive and thrive
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Swift action needed to save the pubs code
CAMRA says the pubs code adjudicator Paul Newby is taking too long dealing with tenants’ complaints.
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London borough rejects move to introduce late night levy
The pub industry has welcomed a decision by Kingston Council in south London to reject imposing a late-night levy on bars and clubs.
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Consumers call for beers to have clearer ingredient listings
So, what’s in your beer? Research undertaken by industry group There’s A Beer For That (TABFT) finds consumers are more interested in knowing what goes into their pint than other drinks or even their food. The natural ingredients in food and drink are important to two thirds of Britons, however more than 88 per cent said that natural ingredients are important to them when choosing a beer finds a poll by the group.
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British pub-going tradition at risk of dying out as beer prices soar
Going to the pub is becoming an unaffordable luxury for most people, finds new CAMRA research. Only one in six beer drinkers (15 per cent) say the price of a pint is either very or fairly affordable says the research which was conducted by YouGov.
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Drinkers’ Voice appoints former MP as its first chair
Byron Davies, has been announced as the first chair of the new alcohol consumer organisation,...
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Beer duty is too high
CAMRA is urging the Government to turn back the clock and freeze beer duty once again, as new research confirms most people say beer duty is too high.
YouGov research finds 55 per cent of people who expressed an opinion believe beer duty is too high at 54p per pint. Taxes now make up a third of the cost of a pint – a situation made worse in the Spring Budget when the Government announced the first rise in beer duty in four years.
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CAMRA calls for new business rate relief for pubs
CAMRA is calling on the Government to stop viable community pubs from being driven out of business by introducing a £5,000 annual reduction on their rocketing business rates.
Reviews of business rates across England are seeing many pubs hit with a massive new financial burden, which in some cases could only be covered by them selling tens of thousands of extra pints of beer every year.
Read MoreTower Hamlets ploughs on with Late Night Levy
Tower Hamlets says it is determined to go ahead with plans to impose a levy on pubs bars, and restaurants which open late.
The London borough is undertaking a second consultation on the imposition of the late night levy, (LNL) after errors in the previous consultation process led the council to withdraw its initial proposal.
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