TENBURY'S MP is standing up for the tourism sector and calling for action on rising tax pressures.
West Worcestershire MP Dame Harriett Baldwin met with holiday park operator Denis Lloyd Jones at a trade conference in London.
Dame Harriett also discussed recent increases to Employer’s National Insurance, Inheritance Tax and the planned visitor levies with Debbie Walker, director general of the Holiday and Residential Parks Association (HARPA).
Dame Harriett said: "We are lucky to live in a beautiful area and tourism is worth £962 million to the local economy.
"Our local holiday parks attract countless visitors to West Worcestershire every year, but the government has chosen to lumber the industry with severe challenges."
She warned that changes could already be affecting business growth.
Dame Harriett said: "The chancellor’s relentless tax raids are stifling business confidence and I have already heard that some holiday park owners are reassessing their plans to expand."
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