Pubs ‘may axe punters’ favorite draught beers for 0% pints’

Pubs could axe some of the nation’s favourite draught beers for 0% pints under new plans making each boozer offer zero-alcohol alternatives on tap. 

The measures aimed at cutting back on boozing would see pubs made to serve at least one low or non-alcoholic brew at the bar. 

Pub meals that are high in salt, fat and sugar such as burgers or fish and chips could also be cracked down on if the measures discussed in Westminster are introduced.   

Trade body UKHospitality has critcised the ‘nanny state’ plans, arguing they would negatively impact smaller pubs. 

Its CEO Kate Nicholls told the Sun: ‘If as expected we are having a Labour government, it is more likely to have a big public health agenda coming in and is more likely to be influenced by some of the non-governmental organisations, who include the non-alcohol lobby.’ 

Pubs could axe some of the nation’s favourite draught beers for 0% pints under new plans making each boozer offer zero-alcohol pints on tap (stock photo) 

The measures aimed at cutting back on boozing would see pubs made to serve at least one low or non-alcoholic brew at the bar (stock photo0 

She told a conference in London: ‘The last Labour government did take forward quite a lot of what would be considered nanny state measures.’ 

Ms Nicholls has said there is currently alarm in the pub industry about increased interference in how they operate their businesses. 

It comes as the shocking scale of Britain’s pub crisis was revealed earlier this year with 29 boozers closing every week with the buildings turned intosupermarkets, DIY stores, takeaways and mosques.

According to the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), countless pubs are closing every week because of sky-high energy costs and punters having less disposable cash, devastating local areas in the process.

Long-term closes have almost doubled with 500 reported last year compared with 251 in 2021.

MailOnline has contacted the Labour Party for comment.