More than 100 Conservative MPs have written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him to support pubs cutting beer duty for draught pints. In a letter to Sunak, the MPs called for the government not to increase alcohol duties in next week’s budget and to cut the tax on draught sales to help pubs compete with supermarkets. Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan-Smith and ex-Cabinet ministers Alun Cains and Karen Bradley are among the lawmakers who have signed the letter. Richard Holden, a Tory MP who orchestrated the campaign, said British pubs are “the heart and soul of our communities,” but government support for them has not been sufficient during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus. “The support given to pubs through furlough and grants throughout the global pandemic has been great, but there is no denying …
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