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Should taxes on alcohol be increased?

Jim Riley

22nd November 2009

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There is so much is the news right now discussing the best way for the government to solve the UK’s massive budget deficit. This video shows a disadvantage of raising tax levels on alcohol as many landlords believe another increase will cause the end for their pubs leading to the loss of thousands of jobs.

I am going to use this video alongside the two articles I wrote about last week and ask pupils to debate which taxes should be increased to solve the budget deficit.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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