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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Reeves’s new homes levy slammed as a ‘tax on ordinary Londoners’ that will hit families hardest

Rachel Reeves’s plans for a new property tax on homes worth more than £500,000 has been criticised as a “tax on ordinary Londoners” that will hit families hardest.

The chancellor is considering a shake-up that will see the introduction of a new levy that would be paid by homeowners on properties worth more than £500,000 when they sold them. The amount paid would be determined by a property’s value.

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