{"id":187647,"date":"2023-10-04T10:58:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=187647"},"modified":"2023-10-04T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:58:55","slug":"brighton-labour-council-plans-beach-huts-tax-to-plug-70m-black-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/brighton-labour-council-plans-beach-huts-tax-to-plug-70m-black-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton Labour council plans beach huts tax to plug \u00a370m black hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cash-strapped Brighton Labour council plans a new 10 per cent &#8216;sales tax&#8217; on beach huts in bid to plug \u00a370m financial black hole<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Labour Brighton and Hove Council plans 10% transfer fee on sales of beach huts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Owners of Brighton beach huts could face a new 10 per cent effective sales tax as the cash-strapped council tries to plug a \u00a370million black hole in its budget.<\/p>\n<p>Labour-run Brighton and Hove City Council has started a consultation on changes to licence fees for and has proposed charging transfer fee of 10 per cent if they sell up.<\/p>\n<p>The fee would be based on the sale price from April and was proposed by councillors in lieu of raising the annual \u00a3503.60 licence fee.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules, if implemented, would also come with a band on hiring out the seafront shelters.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the city councillor&#8217;s auditors, Grant Thornton, warned the authority needed to make around \u00a370million worth of budget cuts by 2027 or they could fall into effective bankruptcy, as Labour-run Birmingham Council did last month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/10\/76152647-12592151-image-a-4_1696412768270.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Owners of Brighton beach huts could face a new 10 per cent effective sales tax as the cash-strapped council tries to plug a \u00a370million black hole in its budget<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/10\/76152649-12592151-image-a-5_1696412780562.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Labour-run Brighton and Hove City Council has started a consultation on changes to licence fees for and has proposed charging transfer fee of 10 per cent if they sell up<\/p>\n<p>The council could be forced into making &#8216;politically unattractive or undesirable decisions in the interests of the authority&#8217;s future viability&#8217;, accountants said.<\/p>\n<p>Chairwoman of the Hove Beach Hut Association, who has owned one since 2015, slammed the plans, saying it was wrong to charge owners selling up, as they do not make a profit after maintaining them and paying council fees, The Argus\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>She told the local paper that she was &#8216;very angry&#8217; and accused the council of thinking hut owners are &#8216;made of money&#8217; &#8211; especially as she pays \u00a31,000 a year in rent to the council and a further \u00a31,000 to maintain it.<\/p>\n<p>Labour councillor Alan Robins, who is chair of the authority&#8217;s culture\u00a0culture, heritage, sport, tourism and economic development committee, has said the new money could be reinvested into vital services on the seafront such as lifeguards.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Robins added that it was &#8216;an extremely challenging time for government finances&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/10\/76152651-12592151-image-a-6_1696412790406.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There are a total of 459 beach huts along Brighton and Hove&#8217;s seafront which are owned privately by locals<\/p>\n<p>There are a total of 459 beach huts along Brighton and Hove&#8217;s seafront which are owned privately by locals.<\/p>\n<p>According the council, the value of these huts has risen to a range of \u00a325,000 and \u00a335,000 based on its location and condition.<\/p>\n<p>Similar transfer fee schemes are in place at neighbouring authorities, including Adur and Worthing.<\/p>\n<p>An attempt to introduce a similar scheme was struck down in January this year after residents fought against it.<\/p>\n<p>The consultation is expected to report its results in November.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12592151\/Brighton-Labour-Council-beach-huts-tax-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cash-strapped Brighton Labour council plans a new 10 per cent &#8216;sales tax&#8217; 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