Draught pints to cost 1p less after alcohol duty cut

Faarea MasudBBC Business reporterGetty ImagesDraught pints will cost 1p less from Thursday because of a cut in alcohol duty in a move intended to help the sector grow.The 1.7% tax cut on the production of draught alcohol announced in the Budget last year is the first alcohol duty cut in a decade.However, critics have said increases in employer national insurance contributions and the minimum wage announced in the…