Dear Chancellor,

Budget 2021 – your chance to save our world-famous pubs by targeting support appropriately

We are writing on behalf of the Campaign for Pubs, the national grassroots campaign group representing pubs, publicans and pub-goers, and on behalf of thousands of publicans, the people who actually run our nation’s pubs, as opposed to the huge corporations – global brewers and pubcos – that own many of our pub buildings.

Despite the fact that the Government has announced provisional (not certain) dates when pubs may be able to open, pubs, publicans and their families urgently need support, simply to be able to get through until summer and the possibility of indoor opening without unprofitable restrictions, and also to survive longer term.

This support must be announced in Budget 2021 next week – and just as importantly, it must be properly targeted…