Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Land Value Tax for Wales
February 6, 2012 News, SlideshowWelsh Labour AM Mark Drakeford has given his backing to a “land value tax”. Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/02/03/land-value-tax-would-be-fairer-says-mark-drakeford-am-91466-30256915/#ixzz1ldjWM2Yh The short debate in the Welsh Assembly is well worth listening do. Mark puts across his argument very clearly and distinctly. The response from other members is also very positive Video on LVT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/wales/newsid_9690000/9690359.stm
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Why the rich are getting richer
December 1, 2011 News, SlideshowThe New Economics Foundation have recently published a study on why the rich are getting richer. The report focuses on the last two years and looks at both social and economic causes. For those who have studies the writings of Henry George there may be a little disappointment that the authors did not take the [...]
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St. Paul’s Occupation.
October 30, 2011 News, SlideshowThe way that the Occupylsx protest was diverted from its original target of the London Stock Exchange and found itself on the steps of St. Paul’s cathedral has offered the opportunity of widening the issue under debate from an attack on the financial system to a more wide consideration of the state of morality [...]
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I F Report on the intergenerational crisis in the housing market
October 23, 2011 News, SlideshowThe Inter-generational Foundation recently published their report on the intergenerational crisis in the housing market, entitled: Hoarding of Housing. It highlights the way that many houses are under-occupied by the older generation effectively crowding out the younger generation from the housing market. It also points out the way the housing situation is forcing [...]
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Occupy LSX
October 21, 2011 News, SlideshowThe peaceful protest outside St. Paul’s Cathedral has been attracting statement. Do they have a message? Some of the media give the impression that it is rather an aimless gathering and the protesters are a disparate bunch so please take the trouble to read their initial statement and see if their message is clear and [...]
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Land Banking
October 9, 2011 Archive, News, SlideshowNo one doubts there is a housing shortage in the UK but opinions differ on how to solve it. A culprit that is easy to blame is the planning system and the Government’s approach has been to attempt to relax planning rules. This has met with some opposition. In their campaigns against this relaxation which [...]
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Mirrlees Review
October 8, 2011 Archive, News, SlideshowThe Mirrlees Review the Institute of Fiscal Studies’ comprehensive review of the tax system chaired by Nobel Laureate has finally been published. It covers all aspects of the UK’s tax system and shows up how chaotic, irrational and unfair the present system is. The suggestions in the report are in the main a tidying up [...]
Read More »Land & Liberty
September 9, 2011 NewsThe latest edition of Land & Liberty is now available to downloaded. Earlier editions can now be downloaded from the site as well
Read More »Land Value Tax petition
September 5, 2011 NewsThe Government has re-established its e-petition site. In August a petition was established on taxing land values: “To introduce Land Value Taxation, an annual tax on the rental value of land, as the chief source of government revenue to replace existing sources of taxation including income tax, VAT and Council Tax.” It is quite sensibly [...]
Read More »Buy-to-let owners face losing trackers
November 4, 2010 NewsTHE country’s largest mortgage supplier is writing to 14,000 owners of buy-to-let properties telling them to start paying back the capital on their second home loans. Permanent TSB has told investors they will lose their tracker mortgages unless they begin paying back capital along with the interest. Some investors unable to meet capital repayments will [...]
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