Local MP Champions Local Beer Industry During Meeting With CAMRA

Justin Tomlinson MP was happy to show his continued support to the Campaign for Real Ale when he recently met with the organisation. 

Formed in 1971, CAMRA is a voluntary organisation championing real ale, community pubs and consumer rights. CAMRA helped to lead the charge for against the Beer Duty Escalator, implemented by the previous Labour Government and scrapped by this Government, as well as persuading the Chancellor to not only cut beer duty once, but twice!

Justin has been involved closely with these campaigns since the very beginning and played active role in securing the end of the Duty Escalator and the Beer Duty cut - vital to supporting local pubs and brewers like Arkell's.

Justin Tomlinson MP said: "As a member of both the Beer and the Save the Pub All-Party Parliamentary Groups, I have long been a supporter of local pubs. CAMRA does a great job in supporting breweries, pubs and the people who use them. In North Swindon we have 52 pubs, providing 1412 jobs and adding £30.2m to the local economy.  The brewing and pub sector is a dynamic part of the local economy at the centre of the hospitality industry, our cultural heritage and the social life of every community."