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Landlord.
Please help if possible, The Beer Duty Escalator is Killing UK Brewing and causing many local pubs to close due to excessive taxation on beer please copy the template below personalise it, and email it to your local MP, your local MP's details can be found here http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/
The Brewing and Pub industry needs as many MP's at this debate as possible therefore please support this.
Dear XXX
I am contacting you to ask for your support in the Parliamentary debate on 1st November calling for a review of the Beer Duty Escalator.
This debate has been called following the success of an online petition, which has gathered more than 100,000 signatures from brewers, publicans, beer drinkers and others concerned about the impact of spiralling beer duty.
The debate is critical to local breweries and pubs, and also to the beer and pub industry in general. Since the introduction of the beer duty escalator, excise duty has increased by 42 per cent, or nearly 20 pence per pint. Beer sales in pubs and clubs have fallen by 23 per cent and over 6,000 pubs have closed. Beer taxation now costs the average pub around £66,000 per year.
The Treasury forecasts a very small increase in duty revenues from this policy - small enough that no additional revenue is predicted in the Budget document. However, there does not appear to have been any assessment of the wider cost of the policy, in terms of reduced VAT, corporation tax, and higher social security payments due to the loss of jobs incurred.
While excessive taxation on beer is a national issue, it is also having a profound effect locally [INSERT LOCAL CONTENT HERE, EG âTHE XXX PUB IN XXX CLOSED LAST MONTH, MEANING THE LOSS OF XXX LOCAL JOBS.â
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I do hope you will attend this debate, speak up for the brewing industry, given the vital role it plays in the XXX constituency, and vote in favour of a review of the duty escalator
I look forward to your response. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on [INSERT CONTACT DETAILS HERE]
Yours sincerely etc
The Brewing and Pub industry needs as many MP's at this debate as possible therefore please support this.
Dear XXX
I am contacting you to ask for your support in the Parliamentary debate on 1st November calling for a review of the Beer Duty Escalator.
This debate has been called following the success of an online petition, which has gathered more than 100,000 signatures from brewers, publicans, beer drinkers and others concerned about the impact of spiralling beer duty.
The debate is critical to local breweries and pubs, and also to the beer and pub industry in general. Since the introduction of the beer duty escalator, excise duty has increased by 42 per cent, or nearly 20 pence per pint. Beer sales in pubs and clubs have fallen by 23 per cent and over 6,000 pubs have closed. Beer taxation now costs the average pub around £66,000 per year.
The Treasury forecasts a very small increase in duty revenues from this policy - small enough that no additional revenue is predicted in the Budget document. However, there does not appear to have been any assessment of the wider cost of the policy, in terms of reduced VAT, corporation tax, and higher social security payments due to the loss of jobs incurred.
While excessive taxation on beer is a national issue, it is also having a profound effect locally [INSERT LOCAL CONTENT HERE, EG âTHE XXX PUB IN XXX CLOSED LAST MONTH, MEANING THE LOSS OF XXX LOCAL JOBS.â
.
I do hope you will attend this debate, speak up for the brewing industry, given the vital role it plays in the XXX constituency, and vote in favour of a review of the duty escalator
I look forward to your response. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on [INSERT CONTACT DETAILS HERE]
Yours sincerely etc
