Mayors Next Year. Everyone By 2028.
England's tourist tax just stopped being a big-city story. 🇬🇧
The Cabinet Office's Rewiring the State paper (31 July) contains one line that changes the map: the government will give all strategic authorities the ability to introduce an Overnight Visitor Levy — not just mayors.
And the same paper commits to every area of England having a strategic authority by the end of 2028.
Most coverage has collapsed the timeline. Here it is from the document:
➡️ Mayors secure the levy power next year, alongside business rates retention from April 2027
➡️ All strategic authorities get the ability, with…
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