Posts tagged "Land Value Tax"
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12 July 2026 Analysis

What would a land value tax actually do?

I just wrote in the Sunday Times about the political and economic case for a land value tax. I think the principled argument for LVT is compelling, and our (likely) next Prime Minister has supported it for many years., calling it “aspirational socialism”; a 2022 LBC interview described LVT as “a very productive form of […]
Screenshot of a Financial Times article headlined 'Rachel Reeves plans Budget tax raid on expensive homes': FINANCIAL TIMES Subscribe HOME WORLD UK COMPANIES TECH MARKETS CLIMATE OPINION LEX WORK & CAREERS LIFE & ARTS HTSI FT Digital Edition Portfolio UK tax + Add to myFT Rachel Reeves plans Budget tax raid on expensive homes UK chancellor predicted to plump for ‘least worst option’ of creating higher council tax bands in England
2 November 2025 Policy

Council tax on ‘expensive homes’ – but most of the money comes from the not-so-rich

The FT has reported that Rachel Reeves is planning a “Budget tax raid on the owners of expensive homes”, expected to raise around £4bn. But less than a 20% of that revenue comes from homes in the top council tax band, while roughly 80% comes from the much larger group of homes in the second-highest […]

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