We’ve had some promising announcements from the new Prime Minister on pubs, including announcing extra help for our locals with business rates bills. But this is not ‘job done’. Consumers, pubs, social clubs, breweries and cider makers need support in the Government’s Budget happening on 28 October.

The pubs and independent brewers that we love deserve action from the Government in the Budget to help them with burdens like VAT, alcohol duty and soaring energy bills. We also want to see long-term changes to make the business rates system fairer for pubs.

Emailing your local MP really does make a difference and helps get our message across to the people making the big decisions that could make or break our pubs, social clubs, independent brewers and cider makers.

Contact you MP Today by clicking here

Pubs and clubs can further encourage beer scoring now by requesting their own beer scoring poster with their unique QR code. An example is below.

Please reach out to ku.gro.armac.ees@yticilbup and we will send it to you as a PDF.

Inspirational orchardist wins outstanding CAMRA award Albert Johnson, from Ross-on-Wye Cider and Perry Company, has won CAMRA’s 2026 Pomona Award for championing the promotion of real cider and perry in the UK.

The Pomona Award honours people who have made an outstanding achievement, commitment, or contribution to the promotion of real cider or perry.

(click here for more details)

Samuel Smith has a number of their pubs listed for sale, with the adverts stating that future pub use is prohibited.

Any change of use of a pub in England requires planning permission. Under the newly-revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), where change of use of a pub is being proposed, there needs to be evidence that there is no reasonable prospect of the use being retained, either due to insufficient community support or because it's no longer viable or feasible to operate. Where commercial viability is an issue, evidence should be provided that reasonable steps had been taken to market the pub for its existing use without success, for a period of at least 12 months.

As the listings for these pubs seem to suggest a breach of the new NPPF, CAMRA have contacted Samuel Smith to draw their attention to this and invite them to adjust their approach to the sales.

CAMRA will be escalating our campaigning if we don't receive a prompt response.

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/26575494.victory-inn-rochford-reopened-new-landlady/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/24/camra-campaign-for-real-ale-beer-breweries-pubs

CAMRA responds to the news of a 20% business rates cut for English pubs announced by PM.

https://camra.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/a-brilliant-start-to-the-new-prime-ministers-tenure-93844

Burnham says 20% business rates cut for English pubs 'a first step'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6dg816464o

https://camra.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/the-status-quo-needs-to-go-beer-and-pub-campaigners-want-competition-and-markets-authority-to-investigate-the-uk-beer-market-93841

The UK’s most visually stunning, lovingly restored and historically significant pubs have been exclusively revealed by CAMRA

https://camra.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/grand-designs-camra-names-uks-picture-perfect-pubs-93833

Government’s new Community Right to Buy Fund could be a game-changing lifeline for community groups who want to save their local

https://camra.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/camra-welcomes-new-government-funding-to-help-save-under-threat-pubs-93831