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Chris Philp: Labour have U-Turned on ILR
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (345+ words) Chris Philp MP is the Shadow Home Secretary. Shabana Mahmood promised that indefinite leave to remain would stop being handed out automatically. Andy Burnham has proved that he never intended to let her keep that promise. Autumn has now arrived....
York MP says hostels and camping should be exempt from tourism tax
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (330+ words) Rachael Maskell has welcomed plans but say money raised locally must stay in York A York MP says any new tourist tax must exempt children, camping and hostel accommodation. Rachael Maskell has welcomed plans to allow mayors to introduce the…...
Ruapehu mayor says visitor levy won???t fix his district???s tourism bill
11+ hour, 29+ min ago (13+ words) Ruapehu mayor says visitor levy won’t fix his district’s tourism bill Waikato Times...
Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson calls for 'urgent action' to save 'liberal democracy' | LBC
21+ hour, 21+ min ago (218+ words) 6pm - 9pm6pm to 9pm 7pm - 11pm7pm to 11pm In a post on X, Mr Johnson said: “I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning.” The victory moves the Italian a step closer to…...
'Imitation' or 'perfect solution' - Labour's KiwiSaver policy
18+ hour, 21+ min ago (755+ words) Labour has been "ankle tapped" by National on KiwiSaver according to the managing director of Simplicity, but the wife of Sir Michael Cullen, who got the scheme going, says the party's found the "perfect solution." It comes as Nicola Willis…...
Seaside towns 'will be crushed' by Labour tax bombshell - 'stop attacking them"
18+ hour, 42+ min ago (843+ words) Labour’s planned tourist taxes on overnight stays will crush family-run businesses in traditional seaside towns, Andrew Griffith has warned. The Shadow Chancellor said they will suffer because people may think twice about having a staycation because they will have to…...
Row over plan to sell off Staffordshire fire service HQ
18+ hour, 17+ min ago (399+ words) It is being discussed at a meeting this week Councillors will debate controversial proposals to sell off Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service's headquarters. Staffordshire Commissioner Ben Adams is looking at potential options for disposing of the fire service's HQ at…...
‘Hotel police’ to enforce Burnham’s tourist tax
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (60+ words) MCA Insight ‘Hotel police’ to enforce Burnham’s tourist tax Tax officers will be able to demand access to hotels, force hospitality bosses to hand over documents and issue financial penalties under government proposals to impose the new overnight visitor levy,…...
London mayor needs power to raise and spend money, ministers told
23+ hour, 16+ min ago (522+ words) The mayor of London must be allowed to raise and retain money locally to fund major transport infrastructure projects like the Bakerloo Line extension, ministers have been told. Under current rules, Sir Sadiq Khan has to lobby central government for…...
Ōpōtiki could benefit more from conservation share of visitor levies – mayor
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (522+ words) With almost 140,000 international visitor days recorded in Ōpōtiki over the past year, the district could benefit from the National Party’s visitor levy policy. However, Mayor David Moore said the increase of the levy share the party planned to give the…...