Andy Burnham told to scrap charge which could see 20 million cancel holiday

NewsMidlands NewsAndy BurnhamPrime Minister Mr Burnham has been urged to act12:28, 03 Aug 2026Andy Burnham has been told to scrap a tax plan for ALL families - saving 33,000 at-risk jobs in the process. Labour Party Prime Minister Mr Burnham has been urged by a leading hospitality trade body to scrap the so-called “tourist tax”.‌UK Hospitality has warned the Makerfield MP, who succeeded Sir Keir Starmer last month, that the government’s overnight visitor levy would cost 33,000 jobs in the country’s tourism sector.‌“It’s clear the government is now intending to implement a nationwide holiday tax, making family holidays more expensive during a cost-of-living crisis,” UKH chief executive Allen Simpson told Burnham. “I am pro-devolution, but I am not in favour of an extra tax that will cost 33