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.
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