Mayors in England to get power to impose tourism tax on overnight visitors at ‘modest’ rate – UK politics live - short news
Government announces overnight levy ahead of tomorrow’s budget
John McFall is standing down early as Lord Speaker in the House of Lords so that he can care for his wife, Joan, who has was Parkinson’s. According to Sam Blewett and Bethany Dawson in their London Playbook briefing for Politico, the main candidates to replace him are Michael Forsyth, a rightwing Scottish secretary in the final two years of the John Major government, and Deborah Bull, a crossbencher and former Royal..
source: The Guardian - 25.11.2025