If agricultural land only produces a marginal income then its value is low, and any tax on that value is also low. Farmers have nothing to fear from a land value tax. (View Post)

34% of agricultural land in the UK is tenanted. Reducing the value of that land, so it was easier for those farmers to buy and own the land they work, would be to their benefit. (View Post)

Why would you assume the same value per acre? That would make it an Acreage Tax, not a Land Value Tax. Completely different kettle of fish. Ideally a LVT would have the additional benefit of discoura… (View Post)

If there's a house price crash then stamp duty will raise a lot less money, and abolishing it would be easier. (View Post)

He wasn't very prominent in either role. I forget which job he had first. Jenrick strikes me as someone with more of a plan and the drive to implement that plan. Now, sure, it's doubtless a… (View Post)