Beer drinkers in England set to be handed £57 boost starting today

Beer drinkers in England set to be handed £57 boost starting today
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Rachel Reeves announced in the Autumn Budget that the government would be cutting draught duty by 1.7%, making beers at the pub marginally cheaper. A new study from NetVoucherCodes has revealed how much Brits could save from the new tax cut, along with which regions are going to see the biggest savings.

The average Brit drinks 520 pints of beer in a year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The current average cost of a beer in the UK in 2024 is £4.44. This means Brits could be spending up to £2,308 per year on pints.

The new budget will save Brits £39.24 per year on average. London, where the average pint is £6.50, drinks could save up to £57.46 per year. The study, which analysed thousands of pint prices across the country, found that the current average cost of a pint hovers at £4.44 in the UK. This is a figure that has been steadily increasing for years known as "drinkflation" in which consumers are spending more than ever at the pub.

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However, with the 1.7% draught duty tax cut, the cost of an average pint should decrease by 7.5 pence, to £4.36. New figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveal that the average Brit drinks 2.9 units of pure alcohol each day, which equates to about ten pints a week, and 520 pints over a whole year.

Using this data, we can predict that the average Brit spends about £2,308.80 a year on pints. With the draught duty cut, they will likely spend £39.24 less on pints throughout the year. That's almost nine extra free pints a year. NetVoucherCodes also analysed the average cost of a beer in the top 50 most populated cities in the UK. Using this information, they were able to calculate the average consumers spend on pints over a year, along with their expected savings.

The study found that, as expected, the city with the most expensive beer is London with an average beer costing £6.50. Over a year, Londoners can expect to spend a whopping £3,380 on beer. With the new draught duty tax, they could be saving u to £57.56 a year.

Brighton comes in second, only just under London with an average pint of beer costings £6. This means that the city spends up to £3,120 on pints of beer over a whole year, and potentially now saving £53.04. The quaint city of Oxford continues the trend of southern cities being the most expensive for beer as it comes in third with an average pint costing £5.97. Over a year the cost of these pints could rack up to £3,104, giving them a yearly saving of £52.76 once the new draught duty cut is introduced.