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The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced new powers in the Budget for English Authorities to introduce a council tax levy of up to 100% to encourage owners to bring homes back into use.
It is curious that we have not seen a full economic impact assessment of the likely impact of the visitor levy and, unsurprisingly, there is widespread concern across the tourist sector and the economy more widely about what the impact of the visitor levy is likely to be.
The most interesting thing in all of this is that, in government in the UK, the member’s party agreed to keep the levy on the statute book in 2017. In other words, his party presides over a workplace parking levy right now.
Two examples this year – scrutiny of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill and post- legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act – involved substantial public participation largely without members present and the feedback from participants and committee members suggests that both made effective contributions to scrutiny. • Paym...
Similarly, the Scottish Government have also advised that funding relating to the additional National Insurance levy initially allocated in 2022-23 will remain with NHS Boards despite the reversal of this policy by the UK Government.