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BUDGET 2025
Budget: Mayors to get tourist tax powers
By William Eichler | 26 November 2025
England’s regional mayors will soon have the power to introduce a levy on overnight stays in hote...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed lobbies Treasury over fiscal devolution
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
Local government secretary Steve Reed has made the case to the Treasury for devolving fiscal powe...
POLICY
Call for tourism tax to help reverse austerity
By Izzy Lepone | 06 August 2025
The introduction of a tourist tax would help reverse austerity’s ‘heavy toll’ on councils, the Au...
DEVOLUTION
Reflecting on devolution
By Katherine Fairclough | 29 July 2025
Katherine Fairclough considers the power of partnership in the Liverpool City Region.
FINANCE
CCN: Tourist tax would raise more than £200m
By Neil Merrick | 16 July 2025
County councils in England could potentially raise more than £200m each year by levying a £2 per ...
COUNCIL TAX
Sale delay after tax premium change
By Neil Merrick | 12 June 2025
Properties are taking much longer to sell in areas with a large number of second homes as local a...
FINANCE
Mayors in tourism tax plea
By Izzy Lepone | 03 June 2025
English mayors have urged the Government to allow councils to introduce visitor levies to boost r...
DEVOLUTION
McGuinness calls for devolution acceleration
By Joe Lepper | 23 May 2025
Labour’s North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has called on her Government to accelerate devolution by...
FINANCE
Liverpool backs tourism tax
By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025
A £2 overnight visitor charge will be introduced in Liverpool from next month after hoteliers bac...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Edinburgh joining Core Cities is an historic moment
By Cllr James Lewis | 16 April 2025
Adding an extra city is always hugely important for Core Cities UK, but the Edinburgh gives the g...
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