Most taxes nowadays are levied on flows of income and of expenditure. But land and property have been taxed for centuries-certainly for longer than income-and they continue to form an important part of the tax base in most advanced economies.
Newly published figures that show Conservative-run Surrey pays out far more in claims for cars damaged on our roads than...
As one of the Tory Councillors in Hampstead Town has resigned, a vacancy has presented itself and a byelection called for 27 September!
This American video by the www.howtoendpoverty.info website, explains land monoploy. Their slogan is "To liberate production from taxation, the Earth from monopoly, and humanity from poverty."
Emptyhomes.com estimates: 720,000 empty homes are currently empty in England of which 279,000 are long- term empty (i.e. empty for more than six months) 930,000 empty homes across the UK, 350,000 of which are long term empty. A report for the government in 2004 estimated that there were a further 300,000 empty flats above shops or part of other commercial buildings.[1] House builders sitting on 400,000 undeveloped plots of land with planning permission - The Daily Telegraph [2]
Officers from Leicester City Council recently removed a stump obstructing the grass verge between Julian Road and Salkend Road on Eyres Monsell Wards Monmouth Driive after being contacted by members of the wards FOCUS team. It was not known if the stump was orignally part of a tree or a bush. FOCUS team members had been made aware that the stump, protruding from the ground had become a trip hazard.