I agree. And Richard Murphy made much the same points and more after reading Martin Wolf’s FT piece yesterday, in…
"it will need increased taxation of some kind" Rubbish. Suitable cuts in other government expenditure would do the job and…
When taxation is retroactive it will change behaviour. Be careful with envy focused legislation promote real solutions to British poor…
Extending time horizons can ease short-term funding pressure, but it shifts risk toward younger members. Reform should make those intergenerational…
Tag Archives: New Town
£2tr of our assets waiting to finance New Towns? Why turn long-term investors away?
Why the Government’s New Towns strategy is likely to fail As the Government advances its New Towns agenda, Thomas Aubrey makes the case for reviving proven bond-based financing models to unlock large-scale housing and growth without straining public finances. Tom … Continue reading
Financing the next wave of New Towns; investment not Government borrowing
I have been sent a blog from Tom Aubrey and Con Keating about how we pay for the new towns we need to house millions of people who aren’t living in their own places or living in places they’d prefer … Continue reading
What makes a New Town “good” and how do we pay for them?
This is the video of the discussion we had yesterday with Con Keating and Thomas Aubrey The slides that accompany the video can be downloaded here or read from this slide share. This blog is the last in … Continue reading
This is not a good piece by Alan Livsey. As Anonymous has said he does not seem to have grasped…