Ministers and mayors are in talks about introducing a tourist tax and business rates supplement, the new devolution minister has revealed. Speaking at the Labour conference on Monday, Miatta Fahnbulleh told delegates the country was one of the “most centralised… in terms of fiscal powers in the world”. “Mayors are very clear that they want to see tourism tax and further fiscal devolution,” she said. You’ve got to start a conversation. She said the devolution framework set out in the bill is the government’s floor in terms of what can be devolved.