HeyJaredHow to Run a Country
Practical optimism about politics and policy — what it really takes to run a country, not just win an election.
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Is the UK about to have a sensible property tax system? (opens the original)
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Rumours abound that our new Prime Minister is in favour of serious property tax reform and my little cup of hope is in danger of running over. I started my career as a property journalist. I came into politics to help solve housing policy and have - by my reckoning - achieved nothing of note on that topic.So: dare I hope? Today I’ll share some reasons why we should, some reasons why we might need to hold onto our cynicism a while longer, and some thoughts about how best to make progress on this,
Things do get better (opens the original)
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First: apologies. I’ve been quiet for just over a month, and for no particular reason except that I found I was working too hard and couldn’t quite convert my emerging thinking into coherent writing worthy of your time. I’ve made a list at the end of this piece of the substacks-I-half-wrote-in-June and I’d love you to let me know which you’d most like to read.Later today I’m doing a talk with the wonderful Will Sandbrook at the NEST Insight </
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