From Labour Land Campaign: How we Subsidise the Rich
"Welfare for the Rich - who really receives the biggest subsidies in the UK?"
DC
7 Sep 2014
"Welfare for the Rich - who really receives the biggest subsidies in the UK?"
Report on ALTER's Glasgow Fringe meeting 5th October 2014: "New Nations, New Taxes?"
report may of interest to supporters as well as ALTER members.
In a pre-manifesto briefing for ALTER, Vice-Chair Tony Vickers argues strongly for including local taxes in the 2015 election manifesto, stating "Saying nothing about Council Tax reform is a serious omission: it is bad politics and also bad policy".
A new posting by Toby Matthews looks at the fallout of the Clacton-on-Sea election and asks how peripheral areas can rebuild their economies.
In this short paper ALTER supporter Behrooz Tavassolian argues Land Value Tax is the best way to resolve the current Housing shortage problems that manifest itself within the UK. Instead of 750,000 properties standing empty in Britain, landowners would be motivated to ensure their assets are in use.