A startling expose of Britain's most valuable asset - its land. Kevin Cahill's investigations reveal how the 6000 or so landowners -mostly aristocrats, but also large institutions and the Crown - own about 40 million acres, more than half the country, and have maintained their grip on the land right throughout the 20th century. The book argues that our present system of landownership is of material detriment to the vast majority of homeowners in the UK, imposing a land tax on homeowners while many of the wealthiest landowners in the country pay no rates and actually receive money in the form of grants and subsidies for owning land. Cahill's arguments are supported with 80 pages of tables, maps and statistics.
- ISBN10 0862419123
- ISBN13 9780862419127
- Publish Date 29 November 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 465
- Language English