Resources
Housing Conference 2012
Is there a permanent solution to the permanent housing crisis?
Labour Land Campaign - Affordable Housing Supply Conference
Download the full Report of the Conference
38 Degrees
Support the campaign: 'Introduction of Land Value Taxation'
Boom Bust: Economic Cycles are Land Cycles
http://workandwealth.com/boom-bust-economic-cycles-land-cycles/
Land Value Taxation and Public Infrastructure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdE1umKfyJA
Real Estate 4 Ransom
Excellent Australian film on property speculation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL3n59wC8kk
The Radical Alternative to Austerity
John McDonnell MP has launched a clear statement from the Left that there is an alternative to austerity - and it goes beyond just cutting less deep and less fast. View it here:
http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/the-radical-alternative-to-austerity/
The Labour Land Campaign is pleased to endorse this timely statement. We welcome its inclusion of Land Value Taxation as a necessary part of any agenda which puts equity and justice at its heart. We encourage other groups and individuals to endorse The Radical Alternative too!
Short debate: A Land Value Tax for Wales?
Watch the debate in the National Assembly for Wales (February 1, 2012)
Dave Wetzel on the BBC - October 2, 2011
Watch the YouTube video of LLC President Dave Wetzel
The Land Charter
Available to view on the CEJ website.
The Bridge
Fred Harrison's latest video. How wealth transferred from the poor to the rich in Denmark.
John McDonnell MP speaks up for LVT
Chair of Left Economics Advisory Panel and LLC supporter speaks out in budget debate, 24 March 2011.
Enterprise Zones do not work
Heather Wetzel explains that Enterprise Zones do not work because they provide yet another subsidy to landowners – paid for by taxpayers.
Download the briefing here [PDF : 67KB]
Tax Justice Focus
Labour Land Campaign Secretary Carol Wilcox is this issue's guest editor of the Tax Justice Network supporters' newsletter.
Download it here [PDF : 0.8MB]
Sign the land value petition!
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to to replace taxes on earnings, goods and services by a charge on the unearned rental value of land, thereby raising public revenue in accordance with natural justice, reducing inequality, encouraging economic development and restoring prosperity while preventing ‘boom-bust’ cycles.
The present tax system is unjust and complicated. It is a burden on labour and business. It stifles jobs; cripples enterprise; encourages tax avoidance; distorts markets; keeps people poor; and makes them dependent on benefits. It does not raise sufficient revenue, and forces governments to borrow to pay for current expenses. The country needs a radical change in the way government is paid for. There is an ample source: land rents – site location values, which are created by the presence and actions of the community. Land rental value should be collected for society in place of taxes on work, goods and services. The reform would make houses affordable; stabilise the banking system; curb speculation; and be fair to all, taking less from those who make society work. The land value charge should be based on current rental values. The use of land value for public revenue in thriving cities like Hong Kong, Sydney and states such as Taiwan, shows how great the benefits can be.
'Public spending cuts not inevitable' - Professor urges LVT on Radio 4
The government has praised its own policies for better than expected unemployment figures, and has said that future unemployment would have been even higher without government action. Professor of human geography at the University of Sheffield, Daniel Dorling, discusses the government's claims on BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme on Tuesday 15th December 2009, and urges the use of 'innovative' taxes such as the Land Value Tax.
Renegade Economist
The Renegade Economist's latest movies are now available through our website.
Land Value... for public benefit
Check out Jerry Jones' new extended edition of his pamphlet, launched September 2008.
Download here (PDF : 282KB)
Hard copies are available for £2 each plus postage. If you would like to order some, please contact us at info@labourland.org
Ricardo's Law - The Great Tax Clawback Scam
Watch this YouTube movie on the Labour Land Campaign website.
LLC Manifesto launched
Read it online or download in full (PDF : 301KB).
LLC Banner
Download here (PDF : 1.1MB)
Tackling the housing problem
Labour Land Campaign report on the housing crisis
The case for using annual Land Value Taxation to tackle the housing problem (PDF : 50KB)
LVT leaflets published
Download these resources in PDF format and distribute far and wide!
Land Value Tax: a simple and fair solution (1.7MB)
Housing and how we can really make homes more affordable (106KB)
LLC on BBC Radio 4
LLC President Dave Wetzel was invited to contribute to BBC Radio 4's 'PM' programme. Dave spoke on the rationale for Land Value Taxation from the heart of London's Mayfair district. Listen to the broadcast.
The Possibility of Progress
Mark Braund has written 'The Possibility of Progress' - the product of several years' research and a deep personal interest in what motivates people, how individuals shape society, and the future prospects for humankind.
Published by Shepheard Walwyn, the 'The Possibility of Progress' retails for £14.95 and is available through the online retailer Amazon.
New Statesman's Land Reform Campaign
"A few rich people, many of them aristocrats, own 69 per cent of the land in Britain. As a result, house prices are so high, millions can't afford to buy a home. The NS launches a campaign to end this feudal system." Peter Wilby