Burnham urged to axe tourist tax expansion in devolution driveBurnham will take a tour of the UK to hear concernsA leading hospitality trade body has urged Andy Burnham to drop plans to expand the so-called “tourist tax” across the country as part of his devolution drive. Burnham to expand tourist taxBurnham’s “Rewiring the State” devolution blitz, set out last week, paved the way for tourist tax powers to be handed to every strategic authority in the UK. The government plans for the revenue from this tourist tax, and a portion of local income tax receipts, to be used to fund local infrastructure projects. Simpson has urged Burnham to ditch the tax and instead set up a “holiday bonus,” which would return a proportion of tax revenues to local regions based on the number of tourists they attract. Tourist tax could threaten jobs, MPs warnLast week, a group of backbench MPs warned Burnham that the tourist tax could reduce tourism spending and threaten investment and employment in the UK’s hospitality sector.