Be careful what you wish for
It’s almost exactly a year ago that I asked in these pages whether a Tourist Tax could be the silver bullet which would provide a relatively painless source of funding to be used for a variety of purposes. That article was prompted by calls in favour of a levy from the leader of Bath and North East Somerset Council and his counterparts from local authorities in other parts of the country. Now a new Prime Minister has passed this hot potato into the hands of the Mayors of pl