Relocating the value in land
Many of the nation’s most pressing and intractable problems, such as inequality, social mobility, housing shortages and ill health, stem from a failure to use and control land properly. That at least is one way to read the recently released, Labour Party commissioned report: Land For The Many [pdf]. These are big and important claims. However, the report seemed to provoke exasperation rather than engage interest in the media. Perhaps not a surprise. Many in the press interpreted the recommendations…