WEBB SIDNEY JAMES 1857-1947 BARON PASSFIELD

Reports, memos etc. by the London County Council , Charles Harrison and others, concerning the taxation of ground rents.

The London County Council (LCC) was created in 1889 as a result of the 1888 Local Government Act. The LCC was the first metropolitan-wide form of general local government. Elections were held in January 1889 and the Progressive Party, won seventy of the 118 seats. The new council met under the chairmanship of the Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929). Members of the ruling group included Sidney Webb (1859-1947), who became chairman of the Technical Instruction Committee, Will Crooks (1852-1921), chairman of Public Control Committee, John Benn (1850-1922), John Burns (1858-1943) and Ben Tillett (1860-1943). Influenced by the radical members the LCC took a leading role in school reform and town planning.

Charles Harrison (1835-1897)

Harrison was educated at King's College, London. He was a solicitor to Law Fire Insurance Society, and a Director of the Legal and General Assurance Society. In 1880 he contested Holborn, and Plymouth in 1892. He became Labour MP for Plymouth in 1895. From 1886 he was a London County Councillor for South East Bethnal Green. Harrison was also Vice Chairman of the Unification Committee of City with Metropolis, and a member of the Thames Conservancy. Harrison advocated leasehold enfranchisement and taxation of land values, and is regarded as the father of the modern application of betterment by public improvements.

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