Budget 2025: Somerset NHS worker says she believes mansion tax is 'only fair'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The tax will be a recurring surcharge on council tax for homes valued at £2m or above, and will raise £0.4 billion per year, the Office for Budget Responsibility confirmed.
51% : Gail said: "The mansion tax, that won't affect me directly, but I do feel, on the whole, if people have that amount of money, then it is only fair that they contribute more to society.
49% : "I think if you have that amount, and, of course, you'd have worked hard for it, I do feel you do have the capacity to contribute to wider society, [more] than those who have very little." READ MORE: Budget 2025 live as Rachel Reeves to announce tax and spending changes Household gas and electricity costs will be lowered through cuts to green levies on energy bills, the OBR report said.
43% : It's been revealed by mistake that the mansion tax will take effect from April 2028.

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