Chancellor Alistair Darling

Darling should scrap duty escalator, says survey

23-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Two out of three people want Chancellor Alistair Darling to scrap the duty escalator in tomorrow's Budget. A survey of 1,000 people by ComRes, on...

Budget set for 24 March

10-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

The Budget, including news on duty hikes, will take place on Wednesday 24 March, the Government has confirmed today.

No reprieve on beer duty

09-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney

No reprieve on beer duty — that's the hammer-blow dished out by the Chancellor Alistair Darling in the Pre-Budget Report. The pub sector had hoped...

Darling ignores calls for beer duty cut

09-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore

Chancellor Alistair Darling has ignored industry calls for a cut in beer duty in his Pre-Budget report today. However the industry can breathe a...

Download your Darling dartboard

27-Nov-2008 By MA Team

It now seems to be official — Chancellor Alistair Darling wants to kill off the pub trade. Yesterday's news that Darling had agreed to cut his duty...

Gloves are off over duty rises

10-Apr-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co

MA launches new anti-hike campaign MPs urged to back Early Day Motion The Morning Advertiser is urging pubs to fight plans for massive alcohol tax...

Off-trade ignores anti-binge budget

25-Mar-2008

Supermarkets and off-licences are continuing to ignore attempts to clamp down on cheap booze

Fury over Budget booze blitz

13-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore

Pubs chiefs and licensees have blasted the government after the worst Budget for the industry in living memory. Chancellor Alistair Darling slapped...

'Darling couldn't give a XXXX'

12-Mar-2008

Chancellor Alistair Darling has been accused of "binge-taxing" by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) after ramping up tax on beer....

Calm before the storm

13-Feb-2008

On March 12 Chancellor Alistair Darling will step out of Number 11 Downing Street clutching a small red briefcase containing his first Budget as...