Labour want new overnight tax: Earlier this month, Labour Shadow Minister, Sadiq Khan, called for the ‘introduction of a levy on overnight accommodation’, a move echoed by a Labour Select Committee Chairman and many Labour councillors. The last Labour Government also proposed a new hotel tax in its Lyons Inquiry report into local government finance, but backed off after a campaign by Conservatives. Such a hotel tax is now on Labour’s policy agenda once again.
He added, ‘The Wrekin is a fantastic place to have a holiday and tourism is Britain’s fifth largest industry. We should be encouraging people to enjoy our nation’s unique heritage and history, but Labour’s plans will make having a holiday here far more expensive, which will drive people elsewhere and do terrible damage to our tourism industry.’