This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Implement a land value tax in the U.K. 🇬🇧
Taxing the wages of ones labour isn’t only immoral but inefficient, discouraging productivity land is different as it can’t be created or destroyed at sea level. Landlords are unproductive, they can leave land dormant and turn a profit, so tax them. Land could be used more productively. Henry George
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