Joe Lepper Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Cross-party LGA fails to agree tourism tax line

Cross-party LGA fails to agree tourism tax line image
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The Local Government Association (LGA) has failed to agree on whether to back plans to give English strategic mayors the power to introduce a tourism tax.

In its response to the Government's consultation on the plans, the Labour-led LGA stressed that its support for the levy was the ‘majority position', with its Conservative group objecting to the policy ‘within the organisation on consecutive occasions'.

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