As support for Ukip is fuelled by local decline, the chancellor’s scheme to help people buy their boozers is a welcome initiative
Even before it was illegal to be poured a pint, our pubs were closing. One in five shut this millennium, with fewer than 50,000 pubs left pre-pandemic.
This isn’t a huge surprise for a nation that’s drinking less over time – at least it was before home schooling kicked in.
