Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to Mike Hosking after ruling out bed tax

The Prime Minister is making his media rounds this morning after abandoning National’s plans for a bed tax - sparking disappointment from mayors in tourist hotspots.National’s leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis announced on Sunday their party’s promise of “no new taxes” would be upheld in any coalition agreement - which meant scrapping the bed tax and bank tax he floated two weeks ago.The PM will appear in studio on Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking Breakfast at 7.37am. You can listen here.Luxon’s interviews come as a new poll again positions Opportunity as the kingmaker following November’s election.The RNZ-Reid Research poll, released this morning, also records a drop in personal popularity for both Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins.Luxon’s u-turn on a bank tax and bed tax came at his official Botany electorate campaign launch, where the party pledged it would allow no new taxes if re-elected.Two weeks ago the PM had raised the possibility of an accommodation levy, which had been previously discussed with Auckland Council, while noting Willis had also spoken about possible changes to bank tax settings.But yesterday he said a bed tax would hurt “everyday Kiwis who are just going away for a weekend in Auckland or Queenstown”, while Willis said the party had been unable to find a way to raise taxes on banks without increasing costs to Kiwis.Luxon also said it was highly unlikely National would enforce next year’s legislated fuel excise tax increase.The bed tax backdown has disappointed mayors in tourism hotspots, who had previously pushed for a nationwide accommodation levy to help fund public infrastructure in key tourist destinations.The levy was backed by mayors from Auckland, Rotorua, Ruapehu, Wellington, Marlborough, Christchurch, Timaru and Queenstown, among others.