"Hopefully, introducing a tourist levy is the start of a bigger programme of devolving tax and spending powers to the capital. London is the most productive big city in the UK, and devolving more ...

Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Prague and Venice. Soon, London could be added to the growing list of European cities charging a tax on tourists. Speaking at one of London’s 10 annual Mayor’s Question Time ...

The Southwark Liberal Democrats, who proposed a motion calling for one to be introduced in Southwark back in July, roughly estimated that Southwark could make £3.5 million a year from tourists being ...

The UK is set to introduce a tourist tax on overnight stays in England. Here’s how the new visitor levy will impact your next ...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is preparing to give major English cities, including London, new powers to impose taxes on overnight stays in hotels, Airbnbs, and other short-term ...

Stephanie Peacock, recently named as the new minister in charge of tourism, will be on-site at Excel London for the opening day of this year’s World Travel Market (WTM) London, the world’s most ...

Tourists in England may be charged a levy on overnight stays after the UK government announced new taxing powers for mayors. England has joined Scotland and Wales by devolving responsibility to local ...

A tourist tax for overnight stays may be introduced in UK towns and cities, as new powers have been granted to local leaders in the latest Budget. Through changes enabled by the Autumn Budget 2025, ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 27: Wax work models are positioned in The Map Room in Cabinet War Rooms bunker, which has been preserved entirely unchanged since the second World War, on August 27, 2009 in ...