‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise

Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London boroughIn the leafy London borough of Richmond, on the south-western fringes of the capital, there was quiet resignation at the chancellor’s announcement of a “mansion tax” on England’s most expensive properties.In an area where one-bed flats often sell for £300,000, and large, detached family homes regularly sell for upwards of £2m, “mansion” is seen as something of a misnomer. Continue reading...Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei TheGuardian Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei TheGuardian