Deliberate hikes in alcohol obligation have been postpone till August, afterJeremy Hunt determined to increase the present freeze an additional six months.
The chancellor was resulting from enhance obligation on beer, wine, cider and spirits by the annual enhance in RPI on 1 February.
This is able to have meant a mean enhance of 7p for a pint of beer, 38p for a bottle of wine and £1.30 for a bottle of spirits.