A HEXHAM pub is cutting its prices for one day only today (Thursday, September 15).
The Forum, run by Wetherspoon, is marking Tax Equality Day by cutting all food and drink prices by 7.5 per cent to highlight the benefit a permanent VAT reduction would have on pubs.
For example, a customer spending £10 on food and drink will only pay £9.25.
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The Forum's manager, Cindy Purkins, said: "It is unfair that supermarkets pay zero VAT on food, but pubs pay 20 per cent.
"Pubs have been under fantastic pressure for decades due to the tax disadvantages it has with supermarkets.
"It doesn't make sense for the hospitality industry to subsidise supermarkets.
"Customers coming to The Forum on Thursday, September 15 will find the price of their food and drink is lower than normal.
"We urge the Chancellor to create tax equality between pubs and supermarkets."
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