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The Community Investment Levy is a destructive raid on local development
The reason house prices are so unaffordably high and commercial rents are so crushingly heavy is because development isn’t taxed heavily enough. That’s the logic of the new ‘Community Investment Levy’ (CIL) being imposed by local councils on people hoping to develop their property. The levy is intended to finance infrastructure required by new development. [...] Read the rest of this entry »
The Community Investment Levy is a destructive raid on local development
The reason house prices are so unaffordably high and commercial rents are so crushingly heavy is because development isn’t taxed heavily enough. That’s the logic of the new ‘Community Investment Levy’ (CIL) being imposed by local councils on people hoping to develop their property. The levy is intended to finance infrastructure required by new development. [...] Read the rest of this entry »
The Community Investment Levy is a destructive raid on local development
The reason house prices are so unaffordably high and commercial rents are so crushingly heavy is because development isn’t taxed heavily enough. That’s the logic of the new ‘Community Investment Levy’ (CIL) being imposed by local councils on people hoping to develop their property. The levy is intended to finance infrastructure required by new development. [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Clegg is right on the personal allowance – take the poorest out of tax
The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has said he thinks the Coalition should speed up the implementation of its pledge to increase the amount of money people can earn before they have to pay Income Tax (the ‘personal allowance’) to £10,000. The level is currently £7,475 and is scheduled to rise to £8,105 but Mr [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Clegg is right on the personal allowance – take the poorest out of tax
The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has said he thinks the Coalition should speed up the implementation of its pledge to increase the amount of money people can earn before they have to pay Income Tax (the ‘personal allowance’) to £10,000. The level is currently £7,475 and is scheduled to rise to £8,105 but Mr [...] Read the rest of this entry »
David Baddiel explains why film subsidies should be axed
The Prime Minister recently said that the British film industry should support “commercially successful pictures”. The statement has obvious important implications for the British Film Institute, which takes taxpayers’ money and subsidises film-making in Britain. Mr Cameron’s assertion makes sense, but many have pointed out the difficulty in selecting successful films before they have been [...] Read the rest of this entry »
David Baddiel explains why film subsidies should be axed
The Prime Minister recently said that the British film industry should support “commercially successful pictures”. The statement has obvious important implications for the British Film Institute, which takes taxpayers’ money and subsidises film-making in Britain. Mr Cameron’s assertion makes sense, but many have pointed out the difficulty in selecting successful films before they have been [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Cut regulation to avoid a double-dip recession and for a happier 2012
2012 was supposed to be the year when everything would start to look up for the Government, according to the received wisdom back in May 2010. This was to be the year when the economy would rebound into strong growth, monarchists would celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee and the gaiety of the nation would be [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Cut regulation to avoid a double-dip recession and for a happier 2012
2012 was supposed to be the year when everything would start to look up for the Government, according to the received wisdom back in May 2010. This was to be the year when the economy would rebound into strong growth, monarchists would celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee and the gaiety of the nation would be [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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