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INFURIATED free market lobbyists bewailed George Osborne's flash tax on high-end homes yesterday for allegedly damaging their plans to snap up a £6 million Georgian mansion.
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) director Mark Littlewood slammed the tax, which took effect overnight, as "irritating" during the group's post-autumn statement briefing.
And he moaned that it could affect his own organisation, which plans to buy a multimillion-pound Grade II listed home at 4 Lord North Street, Westminster.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
