'I turned my failing pub around after modelling it on Aldi but Labour's disastrous budget means I can no longer sell pints for £2.40'
The boss of Britain’s cheapest pub says the budget will force him to raise his prices early next year after Chancellor Rachel Reeves raised taxes in the UK to their highest level in history. ‘The majority of people around here are struggling and if they can have four pints for a tenner then that’s great.’ The budget has even forced cost cutters like Wetherspoons to prepare for price rises. The drinks menu at The Waggon and Horses pub in Oldbury has stayed cheap as the owners have made efforts to keep beer prices as low as they were 15 years ago Builder Adrian Dancer, 56, said: ‘I come in here every single weekday after work. Even Guinness is only £3 and it’s £4 everywhere else.’ Bar manager Sophie, 42, said: ‘One of the reasons they keep the prices low is to make sure people come in and as a result it does have a really good atmosphere.
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