This hour, the british beer and Pub Association is warning the governments alcohol duty changes will cost the industry an extra £225 million in tax. This the Prime Minister, however, has defended the overhaul, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses. The new thousands of businesses. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type, focusing instead on their strength, duty on certain drinks such as wine and vodka, will rise while tax on draught pints will be cut by around £0. 11. Roads and local transport minister Richard Holden says brexit made the changes possible. Were not going to see the price of a pint going up in your local pub due to our new draft beer duty relief, something that we couldnt have done when we were in the European Union that differential between what differential now between what you differential now between what you pay differential now between what you pay in the supermarket on terms of tax and what you pay in a is now gone u
unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of schools in england, scotland and wales face further disruption this week as teachers strike again over pay. and england s cricketers suffer an agonising one run defeat by new zealand in wellington. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham have been flying high this season can they reach the quarter finals of the fa cup for the first time in13 years? good evening. we start with the massive police search for a missing baby whose parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. police say the baby is believed to have had no medical attention since the time of birth in early january and they feel the risk is getting so great that they now have to consider the possibility that the baby has come to harm. constance