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Scottish Labour proposes taxing tourists to fund public toilets

COUNCILS should be allowed to tax tourists to fund public toilets, Scottish Labour says, amid warnings that these vital facilities are being flushed into the sewer of history.

Disability Equality Scotland said thousands of disabled people were being denied the “basic human right” to pee. The charity kicked up a stink after a BBC investigation revealed that 161 public lavs had been closed north of the border since 2010.

Scottish Labour communities spokeswoman Monica Lennon panned the Tory and SNP governments, blaming their cuts to council budgets for the shitstorm.

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