Manchester’s £1-a-night tourist fee comes into effect, but how does it work?

Tourists now have to pay a £1 tax to stay in Manchester, the first city to impose a tourist tax on visitors in the UK.

Called the City Visitor Charge, the fee will help to fund the new Manchester Accommodation Business Improvement District (Abid) scheme. This aims to "improve the visitor experience" and "support future growth of the visitor economy" in the next five years.