Calling all with an interest in major reform of Britain's property taxes. The Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has tabled a Private Members Bill.... "to require the Secretary of State to commission a programme of research into the merits of replacing the Council Tax and Non-domestic rates in England with an annual levy on the unimproved value of all land, including transitional arrangements"
Writing in the Guardian, noted pro LVT columnist Phillip Inman has slammed the property industry for sitting on land ready for development, and pointed out that LVT would prevent this behaviour. See his Guardian article .
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has today launched a major campaign to defend small rural schools after the Tory-Labour coalition at the County Council admitted in briefings that up to 32 small rural schools could face the axe.
LGBT+ Lib Dems members and supporters will soon be receiving our latest members magazine. Cover star Jeremy Browne MP tells us about his human rights work supporting LGBT+ equality abroad, and the challenges facing LGBT+ people he'll be responsible for in the Home Office.
The Lib Dems across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are pleased to announce they have selected a retired Hampshire Police Inspector's son and local Councillor, David Goodall, as their candidate for the election of the Hampshire Police & Crime Commissioner.
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron has welcomed figures revealed by the Office of National Statistics that placed Westmorland and Lonsdale with the lowest unemployment figures in England.