Comment - Land Value Tax Campaign

Labour’s confused land policies

Written on 5 August 2020. Posted in Politics.

”After urging land reform I now know the brute power of our billionaire press”, writes George Monbiot in the Guardian today about press response to the Labour’s proposals, set out in ”Land for the many”, which was published last month. The heavy criticism was well-deserved; there is an incoherent mish-mash of suggestions which reveals a lack of understanding of the fundamental moral and...

The LVTC blog, by Henry Law

Written on 24 July 2020. Posted in General.

The comments in the LVTC Blog are a personal view of our Hon. Secretary Henry Law and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Campaign. This is a place for personal observations and comments on politics, economics, current affairs, on-going discussions on the potential for LVT to remedy some of the current ills, and the impact on Society of any of the above. Please read and...

Downloads

Written on 24 July 2020. Posted in Politics.

Practical Politics is a monthly magazine written by David Mills discussing topical issues relating to the economy. The last edition, however, was published in April 2013. It is hoped to resume publication in the future but there are no immediate plans. Much of the current discussion on Land Value Taxation now takes place on social media such as Facebook, where we have our own active group, I support...

Land Reform in Northern Ireland

Written on 24 July 2020. Posted in Taxation.

A series of Submissions to the members of the Northern Irish assembly, proposing LVT as a fair solution to their taxation requirements.

Scottish Land Reform

Written on 24 July 2020. Posted in Taxation.

Land Reform has been a hot topic in Scotland since devolution and the advent of the Scottish assembly. Here we publish papers relevant to Land Reform in Scotland.

Practical Politics Articles

Written on 24 July 2020. Posted in Politics.

Practical Politics was a monthly magazine written by David Mills discussing topical issues relating to the economy. The last edition was published in April 2013. A comprehensive set of archive editions up to April 2013 is available to download in our downloads section. For further information please use the contact us form. Here follow a couple of excerpts from previous issues of Practical Poli...

Punishing the Republic of Ireland

Written on 4 February 2019. Posted in Economics.

Few, if any, commentators have remarked that with a so-called hard border, the main victims will be inside the Republic, since the EU’s rules will restrict the flow of goods INTO the Republic. If they have to come from Continental Europe, either they have to be driven across the congested roads of the Midlands and North Wales, or they will have to be shipped direct. The latter is going to...

Responsorium 14 January #2

Written on 14 January 2019. Posted in Taxation.

I see a grain of truth in there, but this does not make it a valid or complete argument. In general, from an efficiency point of view one should tax those goods/service that respond the least (this, however, often clashes with equity considerations). Land, in an geographic sense, does not adjust. Yes However, in practice, there also a lot of margins of “productive land” that are affected...

Responsorium 14 January #1

Written on 14 January 2019. Posted in Economics.

Our economy is these days simply has very little land as a necessary input. If land is not necessary these days, why are people willing to pay £100 per square foot rent for offices in London’s West End and £3 million an acre for industrial land in West London. Are they wasting their money? Do you know something the tenants and purchasers do not? http://www.colliers.com/en-gb/uk/insights/offices-rents-map So,...

Taxed to dereliction

Written on 12 January 2019. Posted in Taxation.

Most proponents of land value tax these days do not appear to understand the theoretical background to what they are advocating. This is usually revealed when they talk about a wealth tax on land, or propose that the tax should be levied as a percentage (usually between 1% and 5%, of the selling price). The primary value of land is its gross annual rental value. The point about gross value is that...

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