It turns out that on average, people in Britain think that 47 per cent of this country is Continuous Urban Fabric, basically concrete jungle. The true figure is 0.1 per cent.
Of course, and by definition, a lot of people live in Continuous Urban Fabric. They naturally imagine that this is an overcrowded country, and that in turn affects the policy debate. But it is not the case.
The Green Belt was a thoroughly Old Labour and non-"free"-market idea. But it now subsidises, for example, the County of Surrey to use more of its land for golf courses than for housing.
England in general uses as much land for one as for the other, not as the application of any libertarian or High Tory principle about private property, but because of public subsidy.
The Green Belt was a thoroughly Old Labour and non-"free"-market idea. But it now subsidises, for example, the County of Surrey to use more of its land for golf courses than for housing.
England in general uses as much land for one as for the other, not as the application of any libertarian or High Tory principle about private property, but because of public subsidy.
As the Government struggles to find an alternative after Brexit to farm subsidies, which go back to the War and which therefore predate accession by 30 years, the case for the Land Value Tax is becoming unanswerable.
We need you in Parliament right now, we have needed you for years.
ReplyDeleteThe people who really run the Tory Party own all the land that no-one is allowed to build on, even if that means other people have to sleep in sheds and pay rent for the privilege.
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