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Chancellor is urged not to put Scotch on the rocks
Daily Express
|October 16, 2025
THE Scotch Whisky Association has urged the Government to impose a multiyear freeze on spirits duty, warning that continued inaction threatens jobs, investment and Treasury revenues.
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The trade body said ahead of the next month’s Budget that recent duty increases had cost the Treasury £700million while placing a £12 tax burden on every bottle of Scotch sold in the UK.
This story is from the October 16, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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