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Wetherspoons boss accuses Ed Miliband of making drinkers pay for his Net Zero targets after 'huge stealth taxes' cost pub chain millions

Wetherspoons boss accuses Ed Miliband of making drinkers pay for his Net Zero targets after 'huge stealth taxes' cost pub chain millions

Sir Tim Martin said taxes added to energy bills and designed to pay for the transition away from fossil fuels and to build new nuclear plants are spurring inflation - and so driving up drink prices.

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