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This is the Coast
thisisthecoast.co.uk > news > local-news > hull-and-east-yorkshire-mayor-takes-stand-against-tourist-taxes

Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor Takes Stand Against Tourist Taxes

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (993+ words) Friday, 11 September 2026 12:34 By Paul Drury-Bradey, local democracy reporter Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor Luke Campbell has confirmed he will not introduce a new tourist tax in the region, prioritizing the needs of local hospitality and leisure businesses currently facing financial…...

Yahoo News
yahoo.com > news > politics > articles > labour-mayors-plot-5pc-tax-195030354.html

Labour mayors prepare 5pc tax raid on hotels

2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1087+ words) Labour mayors across England are planning to impose a 5pc holiday tax despite businesses and Andy Burnham's own backbenchers describing the policy as "anti-growth". All Labour authorities, including Lord Khan of Tooting, the Mayor of London, Burnham ally Steve Rotheram in…...

Express.co.uk
express.co.uk > news > uk > 2247899 > migrant-hotels-exempt-tourist-tax-andy-burnham

Migrant hotels exempt from Andy Burnham's tourist tax

21+ hour, 11+ min ago (443+ words) Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, told The Telegraph: “It is utterly outrageous that families saving up for a break and struggling hospitality businesses will be hit with another tax, while hotels being used to accommodate illegal immigrants are exempt....

Daily Mail
dailymail.com > news > article-16/12/4641 > Fury-migrant-hotels-exempt-Andy-Burnhams-tourist-tax.html

Fury as migrant hotels to be exempt from Andy Burnham's tourist tax

1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1013+ words) Migrant hotels will be exempt from Andy Burnham's tourist tax on hospitality after the Prime Minister was accused of raiding struggling Brits with an unlimited 'overnight visitor levy'. Earlier this week, the Prime Minister gave his favoured regional mayors the…...

BBC News
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Dumfries Standard office conversion heads to Scottish government

1+ day, 6+ hour ago (556+ words) The newspaper offices have been empty for a number of years The Scottish government has been asked to decide whether plans to turn a former newspaper office into a specialist school should be allowed to go ahead. Dumfries and Galloway…...

WCLU Radio
wcluradio.com > 09/11/2026 > glasgow-finance-committee-favors-substitute-tax-rate

Glasgow finance committee favors substitute tax rate

2+ day, 26+ min ago (538+ words) By Gage Wilson For Glasgow News 1 Glasgow’s property tax rate could decrease slightly this year after the Glasgow City Council Finance Committee agreed Thursday evening to recommend a rate of 16.4 cents per $100 of assessed value. The committee settled on what…...

The Standard
standard.co.uk > news > politics > kemi-badenoch-england-george-osborne-government-b1296583.html

Badenoch warns of tourist tax ‘disaster’ for hospitality industry

1+ day, 13+ hour ago (571+ words) Planned tourist taxes on overnight stays will be a disaster for hospitality businesses, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch warned. Andy Burnham’s Government has given permission for regional leaders across large parts of England to introduce levies on overnight stays to help…...

The Standard
standard.co.uk > news > politics > government-keir-starmer-angela-rayner-england-b1296491.html

Holidaymakers face tourism tax with new powers for mayors across England

1+ day, 11+ hour ago (935+ words) Holidaymakers across England face a new tax on overnight stays under Government plans to give mayors greater economic power in their regions. Local leaders will set the fee as a percentage of the cost of accommodation, rather than a flat…...

The Standard
standard.co.uk > news > london > sadiq-khan-tourist-tax-fund-london-transport-hotels-airbnb-b1296608.html

Tourist tax row erupts as minister says it could fund London transport

1+ day, 10+ hour ago (651+ words) Millions of pounds raised from the “tourist tax” being introduced in London could be used to fund public transport, says a Cabinet minister. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said it would be “reasonable” if London Mayor Lord Sadiq Khan decided to…...

UnHerd
unherd.com > newsroom > labours-tourist-tax-is-a-betrayal-of-british-cities

Labour’s tourist tax is a betrayal of British cities

2+ day, 6+ hour ago (251+ words) “Politicians raise the cost of living and dissuade tourism and enterprise through death by a thousand cuts.” Credit: Getty Hospitality bosses were blindsided late on Wednesday by the news that Andy Burnham plans to give English mayors the power to…...