84,000.
That’s how many jobs have been lost in pubs since Labour took office.
Losing pubs and clubs isn’t just an economic loss. It’s the loss of the places that make our communities special. It’s the loss of face to face connection in the age of loneliness. And it’s the loss of opportunities for young people to earn more money whilst studying or at the start of their career.
It didn't have to be this way, but Labour’s burdensome taxes and regulations are making things so much worse. This could’ve been avoided, but it has been directly caused by Labour’s disastrous plans, which included:
- Excluding hospitality from the Government’s industrial strategy
- Slashing business rates relief for hospitality from 75% to 40%
- Raising employers’ National Insurance to 15% while lowering the secondary threshold to £5,000
- Proposals in the Employment Rights Bill that risk undermining seasonal and flexible employment.
If nothing changes, more pubs will shut their doors, more jobs will disappear, and our communities will lose the heart of their social life.
