Just under 100 years ago the Conservative Party, from its position of strength in the House of Lords, went to war with a reforming Liberal Government on the issue of land value taxation. Now it is the latest thing in Tory fiscal reforms. I’ll blog about this later, but all in all this is something… Continue reading The difference 100 years makes
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A Taxing Question: Do Lib Dems want the Youth Vote?
A poll by the Hansard Society to coincide with the local elections in May had the Liberal Democrats winning the Youth Vote: 30% of 100,000 pupils in over 200 schools voted Lib Dem, with Labour and Greens tying on 25% and the Tories on 15%. National policies such as free tuition fees and opposition to… Continue reading A Taxing Question: Do Lib Dems want the Youth Vote?
Boom and bust
Having just given HousePriceCrash a plug, it would be churlish of me not to mention that the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors are predicting a little price boom at the moment. The story can be followed on Reuters and the Daily Express website (the latter I understand is claiming prices will boom by 50% over… Continue reading Boom and bust