The chancellor should change the way the uplift in land values from infrastructure investment is captured to help boost investment by £180bn over the next 20 years and to make the economy work for everyone
The chancellor should change the way the uplift in land values from infrastructure investment is captured to help boost investment by £180bn over the next 20 years and to make the economy work for everyone
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A report on financing infrastructure investment to unlock housing
Financing infrastructure investment to unlock housing
Infrastructure is a key element of the enabling environment to increase economic growth. Access to infrastructure such as energy and transport greatly influences the productivity of private investment and an economy’s competitiveness. Moreover, physical infrastructure plays a central role in fulfilling the ambitions of citizens including the ability to live in an affordable, good quality home that is reasonably close to their place of work.
Writing in City AM, Alastair Reed argues that the chancellor is right to back Crossrail 2, but he should not fund it
Writing in City AM, senior policy researcher, Alastair Reed, argues that the chancellor is right to back Crossrail 2, but he should not fund it. Instead, in the 2016 Budget he should announce bold reform to the business rates system, and then let councils keep all these revenues as promised. This would provide the local tax base for London to fund Crossrail 2. It would also enable other parts of the country to fund their major infrastructure priorities.
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