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Drinkers across the UK are being given short measures, a new survey has found. Trading Standards tests have found that more than two-thirds of beer and wine served in pubs and bars is are less than promised. Some 86% of all beer ordered was short measured, as was 43% of wine.

Officers who visited 77 pubs and bars were served 96 short measures out of 137 orders, meaning approximately 70% were less than the prescribed quantity required by The Weights and Measures Order for pints and half pints and 175ml glasses of wine. Of the short measures, 41 were under by 5% or more – 29% of the 137 drinks tested. The average deficit for short-measured beer was 4%, while for wine it was 5%.



For the average beer drinker, this equates to a loss of £1.70 per week, or £88.40 a year, and for an average wine drinker in the UK this jumps to £2.

20 per week or £114.40 per year, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) said. The largest short measure was 15% under, found on a 175ml glass of wine in Walsall, with the drink costing £3.

20. The next largest short measure was under by 13.4% found in Belfast on a glass of wine costing £7.

20, while the third largest deficit was of 12% and found on a 175ml glass of wine bought in Havering, costing £5.75. A poll by the CTSI found three times as many people aged under 45 supported bars and pubs being able to pour spirits without a spirit measure compared to those over 45 years old.

The findings come at a time when the price of alcoholic drinks.

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