Budget latest: Mansion tax plans revealed as Reeves to hit thousands of properties

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : A new levy could be applied to some of the most valuable homes, known as a "mansion tax".
57% : The move would reportedly revalue some of the most valuable properties across council tax bands F, G and H and hit 100,000 of them with a new surcharge.
50% : The chancellor is said to be targeting the wealthy with new taxes as she hopes to balance the books with a series of measures to be announced on Wednesday.
50% : The mansion tax was being suggested as a 1 per cent levy on properties worth £2m or more, but there is an expectation that it may be set much lower at a maximum of £5,000 because of concerns about the London housing market.
48% : Chancellor to unveil series of measures in highly anticipated Budget on Wednesday Rachel Reeves is set to hit thousands of Britain's most expensive properties with a new levy as she prepares to lay out her highly anticipated Budget this week.
35% : It is one of a series of wealth taxes Reeves is set to unveil to fill the spending black hole in her budget with other measures expected to include a profits tax on gambling companies demanded by former PM Gordon Brown, and a levy on bank profits.

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