CLOSING TIME?

Bruising budget from Reeves 'could see off 35% of pubs

- GRAHAM HISCOTT

MORE than one in three pubs may call last orders for a final time unless there is financial relief in the autumn Budget, warns a trade group.

Some 35% of British Institute of Innkeeping members say they may have to shut if Chancellor Rachel Reeves fails to slash the tax burden on boozers.