EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE, 2008
OFFSHORE
FRINGE BENEFITS GONE TO WASTE
IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL LAND-RENT CHARGE (“LVT”)
Launching the system
Spread of benefits from progressive implementation
LVT in its fullness
Concluding challenge
Postscript
PUBLIC OPEN SPACES
JUSTICE, LAW, AND TAXES

SDLT
JAPAN

ENERGY
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU GOT? WHERE IS IT? HAND IT OVER!
NOTES AHEAD OF THE BUDGET

GETTING THERE? MAYBE – OR MAYBE NOT!
HOUSING
LAND MATTERS – Home (Wales, Scotland) and Abroad (the EU, U.S.A.)
THE ETHICAL STANCE

THE BUDGET BABES
SCOTLAND, WALES, AND NORTHERN IRELAND
DOWN TO BRASS TAX
HOLISTIC
BOOM-AND-BUST AND THE HOUSING MARKET
SPACE FOR A HOME, SPACE (MAYBE, LATER) FOR A HOME
WHAT TAXING BUILDINGS DOES TO BUSINESSES
WATER AND ELECTRICITY
NOW, CORSICA

PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY BUSINESS
THE RADIO SPECTRUM
SLOTS
“WHERE?” …… or maybe “OÙ?”
BACK TO WHERE WE CAME IN on page 1

BITS AND PIECES
GREAT! BUT…
THE LIMITED ALLURE OF THE CONTEMPORARY TAX

LONDON AND THE SOUTH-EAST
HOUSING – DEMAND IN PERSPECTIVE
CONGESTION CHARGES
BIDs
HOUSING THE HOMELESS
NAMIBIA