Local Government

David Cameron also now feels that more powers should be devolved to Local Councils.  I hope he also agrees that revenue raising powers should also devolve.  The Calman Report should be applied to more regions than just Scotland

Local Government funding has been dabbled with too many times.  I attended courses on the fundamentals of economics and do recall that the basic asset of a local government is the land in its area.  The area of land that you control the use of as an individual or family group is a proportionate tax base.  It would free up under-used land.  The tax would have to be phased in say with no more than an 8% increase per annum, to protect the old for whom the thought of moving and leaving their memories is unbearable.  Progressively a multiplier could be applied to zone land use more effectively.