Consumers will see the price of alcohol rise from Saturday when a hike in tax and duties comes into effect. The alcohol tax itself will rise in line with the Retail Price Index at 3.6%, but a new ...

This means the duty on a bottle of gin will rise by 32p, while wine at 14.5% ABV (alcohol by volume ... claim that the tax hikes are part of their big plan to plug the black hole in the public ...