Wetherspoons boss Tim ツバメ 警告するs food prices at its pubs will rise if 付加価値税 goes up

By Daily Mail City & 財政／金融 Reporter

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Wetherspoons boss Tim ツバメ said prices for pub food will rise if 付加価値税 goes up

Wetherspoons boss Tim ツバメ has 警告するd food prices at its pubs will rise if 付加価値税 goes up.

The 税金 was 削除するd on food sold in pubs and restaurants from 20 per cent to 5 per cent during the pandemic to help struggling 商売／仕事s. But 付加価値税 returns to 12.5 per cent in September and then to normal levels in 行う／開催する／段階s over next year.

Wetherspoons will 増加する meal prices by at least 40p. But ツバメ wants to see （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 Rishi Sunak keep the 税金 at 5pc 無期限に／不明確に, 追加するing that the rise will 傷つける pubs just as the 産業 is 回復するing from the pandemic.

He believes the 付加価値税 税金 is 不公平な as supermarkets, which made 抱擁する 利益（をあげる）s during the 危機, 支払う／賃金 no 付加価値税 on food.

He said: ‘This will 傷つける. I’ve been arguing for 税金 e 質 with the supermarkets for the past ten years. Putting the 徴収する 支援する up is like robbing the poor to give to the rich.’

Wetherspoons said that にもかかわらず 制限s 緩和, sales were still 負かす／撃墜する 14.6 per cent between May 17 and July 4, when pubs were fully open again.

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