Lets put land & money reform top of UK agenda Election '24, Ted Heath, Lembit Opik Tony Gosling TNT

We want to see:

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Provision of suitable free sites for gypsies and travellers, the right to squat disused homes/land

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Protection of boaters’ rights, with river & canal bank allotments, fair mooring & licence fees

An end to the sell-off of public land to private developers and speculators

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We want to see

Provision of suitable free sites for gypsies and
travellers, the right to squat disused homes/land

Protection of boaters’ rights, with river & canal
bank allotments, fair mooring & licence fees

No more public land sold to private speculators

All social and private rented housing to include
a secure tenancy, offering better if terminated

Enough government-built quality public housing
to accommodate the entire population

All new homes, including flats, to incorporate at
least a 10 pole allotment immediately adjacent

Maintain, extend and enforce rights of way
Openness about land owned by the monarchy,
an end to crown immunity & FOI exemptions

A 'Use It Or Lose It' programme where empty
buildings are forfeit or put on a tax escalator,
where the owner can lose title after one year

Confiscation of suitable sections of the largest
feudal/commercial estates for public settlement

GM crops, industrial agriculture & mega-farms
banned. Tenant farmers given loans to buy &
build. A new, mandatory public land registry.

Open access to land managed by charities such
as The National Trust and English Heritage

Taxation of luxuries, not necessities; adequate
resources for government to house people

Publicly owned nationalised infrastructure such
as water, gas, NHS, electricity, banking and
railways. With services provided at or near cost

In order to achieve this we will

Take non-violent direct action to contest land
ownership and use peaceful civil disobedience
to support local campaigns

Hold conferences & commission expert reports
Retain a Parliamentary land rights lobby group
to draw up parliamentary bills and legislation to
bring about universal access to land

Lobby to enforce Article 25: 1, of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Establishing
minimum secure legal standards for life.
‘Everyone has the right to a standard of living
adequate for the health and well-being of
himself and his family, including food, clothing,
housing, and medical care and necessary social
services, and the right to security in the event of
unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood,
old age or other lack of livelihood, in
circumstances beyond his control.’ 25, UDHR

Study history to promote traditional secure
forms of tenure such as Scottish crofting,
collective land management and common rights

Foster co-operative businesses to provide ethical
land-based employment & volunteer experience

Promote and develop links and exchange
programmes with land rights groups in other
countries where equivalent movements exist
such as Brazil and Indonesia

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