date:Mar 18, 2013
reverse effect of its original intentions to tackle cheap alcohol sales in supermarkets.
With beer on the off-trade now selling for as cheap as 50p a pint, the beer duty escalator encourages consumers to buy cheaper alcohol from off-licences and supermarkets. The increasing cost of beer also encourages consumers to opt for wines and spirits which typically have much stronger alcohol content by volume.
At the end of last year Camra said Alastair Darling, who introduced the escalator while chan