article_snippet: The Budget cut the price of beer duty by 1p alongside a 2 per cent cut to cider duty 'to support our producers in the West Country and elsewhere'.
article_snippet: Chancellor also announced that 'to back one of the UK's biggest exports, the duty on Scotch whisky and other spirits will be cut by 2 per cent as well'.
article_snippet: Osborne said: 'last year, I cut beer duty for the second year in a row and the industry estimates that helped create 16,000 jobs. '
article_snippet: Today I am cutting beer duty for the third year in a row – taking another penny off a pint. '
article_snippet: I am cutting cider duty by 2 per cent - to support our producers in the West Country and elsewhere. '
article_snippet: And to back one of the UK's biggest exports, the duty on Scotch whisky and other spirits will be cut by 2 per cent as well. 
article_snippet: Scotch Whisky Association chief executive David Frost said: 'This is a historic decision and only the fourth time whisky duty has been cut in a century. '