David Lindsay: Bringing It Home

Simon Hughes makes a good case, but his party is past help. Let us see what succeeds it. In his case, what is he doing to influence that succession?

There must be a tax on the productive value of land per acre, other than that occupied by the homes of the less well off, perhaps making possible the abolition of stamp duty, and in any event establishing and enforcing the principle that no one should own land other than in order to make use of it; this was proposed by Andy Burnham, increasingly a man to watch, when he was a candidate for Leader of the Labour Party.

There must also be a statutory requirement of planning permission for change of use if it is proposed to turn a primary dwelling into a secondary dwelling, a working family home into a weekend or holiday home.

The Lib Dems are not going to either of those things. Ed Miliband, over to you.

Source: http://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2012/09/bringing-it-home.html

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