Pressure is mounting for the UK Government to permit Sir Sadiq Khan to implement a tourist tax on overnight visitors to London. The Centre for London's report highlights a 50% fall in local authority spending on arts and culture since 2010, indicating significant risks to the city's creative industries. They advocate for restoring arts funding and introducing a national Arts Pass for under-25s, alongside the tourist tax proposal to create a fund for arts investment. Despite these suggestions, the Government currently has no plans to introduce a tourism tax in England.
"As total local authority spending on arts and culture per head nationally fell by 50 per cent between 2010 and 2021, the city's creative industries are in peril."
"The Centre for London's new report urges the Government to allow the Greater London Authority to explore the implementation of a Tourist Tax to help invest in London's arts and cultural scene."
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