As ALTER President Chris Huhne hinted two weeks earlier at ALTER's AGM, George Osborne's second Coalition Government Budget on 23rd March included a surprise policy that the Lib Dem Party Conference had approved three years earlier: a pilot scheme for Community Land Auctions, to transfer most of the unearned land value uplift that goes with award of planning permission from the landowner to the community.
Conference began for ALTER with several members attending the consultation on Friday afternoon on the outline Inequality policy paper, where LVT was given an airing.
Over the next few weeks we hope to add some content to our new site - please forgive the present lack of content. Local elections and the AV referendum are uppermost in our minds at the moment. We are hoping to elect a sufficiently large contingent of Liberal Democrat councillors to bring some much-needed democratic balance to East Devon and Mid Devon district councils.Certainly if we don't do it nobody else will. There are presently only two parties represented on both councils, plus a reasonable number of independents. That is a situation very likely to continue. We're also part of the alliance of groups campaigning for a Yes vote in the referendum. Why? To help end the jobs for life culture of arrogant MPs with safe seats, to make sure everyones vote counts, and to end the need for tactical voting.
Tavish Scott, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, was interviewed on a Radio Tay AM election special programme earlier today.
From Wednesday 6 April 2010, nearly 900,000 people across the country have been lifted out of paying Income Tax while around 23m basic-rate tax payers will get an extra £200 in their pockets.
It is understood that the date for consideration of the Youth Service Review has been pushed back to 10 May 2011 as councillors have "asked for further detail regarding what alternative arrangements will be put in place before decisions are taken".
