Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Under Rachel Reeves’ expected plan, the property could be revalued to check if it meets a £2m threshold for the mansion tax. Mr Broadbent described the move toward a mansion tax as “playground politics”, after a recent YouGov survey showed most voters backed a tax on expensive homes. He said: “Politicians have to be careful with language because the phrase mansion tax has connotations which are wrong. He added that he was already facing being “clobbered” by future rises in council tax and business rates.
