I reckon it's wrong that we have to pay VAT on meals when we eat out, but none on most foods bought for cooking at home. The government should scrap VAT on meals out (or equalise VAT on both types of food or something). I suspect this would lead to the more 'continental' lifestyle where people would more routinely go out for food (and drinks), not just drinks binge drinking. I've thought this since coming back from living in Japan, where eating and drinking out is more common than just drinking out, and I think this is at least in part because eating out there is significantly cheaper relative to drinking than it is here.