Vince Cable backs land tax - The Daily Telegraph
With all the excitement at conference we forgot to post this report on Vince Cables comments at ALTER's fringe
23 Sep 2013
With all the excitement at conference we forgot to post this report on Vince Cables comments at ALTER's fringe
SCOTTISH Labour leader Johann Lamont has signalled support for a new land tax as part of a shake-up of the way local services are provided in Scotland. (Scotsman) http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/johann-lamont-signals-support-for-land-tax-plan-1-3105817
Its official: firstly that Land Value Taxation (LVT) is a more popular policy among Lib Dem activists than Mansion Tax (MT); secondly that a "full scale review" of "how it might best be implemented" in the UK will be commissioned "early in the next parliament" if we are in Government again.
ALTER has worked with the Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) all summer to bring you The Taxing Question of Land - a 30-minute film on U-tube, launched by RSA on 3rd September, all about LVT. A young film director, new to the subject, was given free rein (and £14k) to present the subject in a way that would appeal to young, intelligent people in the UK today.
ALTER Exec recommend Conference representatives to support the second part of an amendment submitted by the Social Liberal Forum (SLF), which had 105 supporting signatures, to the Motion F19 next Monday. This amendment includes a new clause saying that Party economic policy "should be guided by" (among other things):-
The right-leaning Adam Smith institute has brought out a damning report on the governments "Help to Buy" scheme, with comments including: