Is THIS Britain's tighest loyalty scheme? Penny pinching pub offers free pint to regular punters... but there is a VERY big catch

A pub has launched a unique loyalty scheme offering a free pint to customers in tribute to Rachel Reeves - but in true Labour fashion, there's a hitch. Mr Peet, who launched the pub five years ago just before the Covid pandemic hit Britain, joked that some of his regular customers could expect to get their free pint before the new NI rates come into force in April' He explained: ‘The customers were quick to ask about the penny cut to a pint announced by the Chancellor and pointed out that when 10p goes onto a pint, they expect to see it reflected in the prices they pay. Tim Plimmer, 78, pictured, said: '‘I keep my loyalty card behind the bar so I don’t lose it but I average six pints a day so I could be having a free one early in the new year' The sign explaining the loyalty scheme to customers of the Ecclian in Eccleshall, Staffordshire ‘We sell pints at £3.50, so fair’s fair, when they have drunk 350, they get one free. ‘I keep my loyalty card behind the bar so I don’t lose it but I average six pints a day so I could be having a free one early in the new year. I have lost my hearing allowance and the penny off a pint is a bad joke.’ The pub is modelled on Coronation Street's Rovers Return with flying ducks on the wall in tribute to Hilda and Stan Ogden's mural Window cleaner Chris Gibson, 62, who had chalked six off, said: ‘I think it’s a brilliant idea.