99p beer and whiskey will arrive at Wetherspoons across Leeds this November

JD Wetherspoons have announced they will be slashing prices of a select number of drinks to just 99p after the budget announcement from Rishi Sunak yesterday.

The popular British pub chain will be reducing the price of Greene King IPA, Beck’s bottles and whiskey measures to 99p, amongst other offers.

Between Monday 1 November and Tuesday 30 November, these cheap pints will be available in bars across the UK, though due to minimum pricing in Scotland and Wales, prices will be slightly higher.

Hot drink prices have also been slashed, with JD Wetherspoons introducing 99p refillable tea, coffee and hot chocolate.

JD Wetherspoons are known for their strong political opinions and have used government announcements to promote their pubs for years.

During the Eat Out to Help Out scheme in August 2020 and in the following months, the pub chain shared a number of ‘Sunak Specials’, including £1.29 ales.

Wetherspoons also displayed posters with images of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the phrase: “Rishi Sunak, legend: the man who instigated tax equality between supermarkets and pubs.”

Regardless of your political opinion, the reduction in prices will give everyone cheaper pint or whiskey measure throughout November.

The prices to many alcoholic beverages were changed, including a 3p reduction in tax per pints in pubs and 87p reduction in prosecco tax.

Overall, it appears that there will be a 30p price hike across the hospitality industry after the news yesterday.

However, many taxes rose: red wines, sherry and port face an increase of 47p – £1.09 in tax.

These changes are set to come into effect in February 2023.

On average, the price of a bottle of bin is already charged with 70% tax, so additional tax on high ABV drinks will present challenges to some businesses.

However, it appears that Tim Martin has taken the changes in his usual stride.

The Wetherspoons chairman spoke out about the unforeseen offer, announcing: “our pubs are known for their excellent choice of drinks at value-for-money prices at all times”.

There are 20 pubs within a 10-mile-radius of Leeds city centre, many of which are located in the city centre.

In LS1 customers at Beckett’s Bank and The Hedley Verity will be taking full advantage of the price cut to their favourite drinks and undoubtedly the rest of Leeds will be too at their local.

The 99p drinks offer will run throughout the entire month of November. For more information, visit your local branch or the JD Wetherspoons website.

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