The Chancellor Alistair Darling’s new budget has increased the price of alcohol.

Price of beer, wine, spirits and cigarettes has gone up following increases in duty, 1p has been put on a pint of beer, 4p on a bottle of wine, 5p on sparkling wine and 13p on a bottle of spirits.

The changes are expected to result in the Treasury raking in an extra £505million from drinkers in this financial recession.

Yesterday’s rises follow big increases in alcohol duty announced in last year’s Budget which saw beer pushed up 4p a pint and spirits by 55p a bottle.

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