A Euro MP is backing a Harborough business by calling for a new cider tax to be scrapped.Earlier this year, the EU Commission ordered the UK government to end its 40-year tax break for small cider producers.Now producers who make less than 33 pints a day - who used to pay no duty - will have to pay up to £2,700 a year.Among those hit by the new tax is the Welland Valley Vineyard.On Monday East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin visited the vineyard in Marston Trussell and listened to the concerns...
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