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It might be renowned across the UK for its low prices, but Wetherspoons has decided it wants to make its customers even happier this month.

For one day only, the pub chain is slashing its prices of booze and food so customers can enjoy an extra discount on their curry and beer.

Head down to your favourite 'Spoons on September 20 and you'll get 7.5% off any food and drink you buy.

You might not care about the reasoning behind this decision - after all, as long as we're getting money off do we really need to know why? - but it's all to do with a protest over tax, the Coventry Telegraph reports.

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JD Wetherspoon is joining thousands of other businesses across the UK to support Tax Equality Day.

Pubs and restaurants are bound by law to charge 20% VAT on any food and drink they sell, whereas supermarkets are not required to do so.

'Spoons want to help customers by lowering the price of VAT permanently, and are highlighting the issue with this protest on September 20.

Whatever the reason, get yourself down to a pub for a reduced-price pint.

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Wetherspoon’s chairman, Tim Martin, said: “We are proud to support the campaign to reduce the level of VAT in the pub industry.

"On Tax Equality Day, customers in our pubs will find the price of their drinks and food to be lower than normal. We are keen to highlight the amount which customers would save, if VAT in pubs were lowered permanently.

“So, for example, the total price of a meal and drinks, for a customer, would be reduced from £10 to £9.25 on Tax Equality Day.

"A reduction in the level of VAT, on a long-term basis, will generate growth and create jobs in the important leisure and hospitality sector.

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"Creating tax equality among pubs, restaurants and supermarkets will fulfil many government objectives.

"It will create more jobs and raise the amount of taxes which the government receives, since pubs and restaurants pay more taxes and create more jobs than supermarkets do.

“It is a win-win situation for the government and our industry.”

Wetherspoon’s pubs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be cutting the price of all food and drink by 7.5 per cent on Wednesday 20 September.