Save our pubs: The landlords calling last orders on Labour
One pub a day closed in 2025, as Labour clobbered the hospitality industry with higher business rates, a National Insurance and minimum wage hike, and an increase in alcohol duty.
With The Telegraph’s Save Our Pubs campaign calling on the Government to cease its assault on the Great British boozer, Camilla and Tim are in to Dorset to meet landlord Andy Lennox who is actively barring Labour MPs from his pubs.
They also speak to celebrity chef, restauranteur and publican Tom Kerridge, who pleads with the government to drop VAT to 10% in order to help the hospitality industry survive.
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