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AI Summary
- Nick Mackenzie urges the Chancellor for immediate tax relief on pubs and requests no surprise budget measures, citing hospitality's absorption of £300 million in additional costs since 2019
- Rising energy, food, labour, and tax burdens threaten pub investment, jobs, and community spaces without government action on business rates and alcohol duty
- Mackenzie, who chairs the British Beer and Pub Association, appeals for the government to honour its manifesto pledge to reform business rates