Mansion Tax Revenue Gains Would Be ‘Quite Modest' For Government | Lara Spirit

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“What is the financial benefit of doing this for the government in circumstances where the gains are, relatively speaking, compared to what the exchequer needs to raise, quite modest?” The suggested mansion tax changes is about “uniting the progressive vote”, but it’s unlikely it would go far in plugging the treasury gap, says deputy political editor for The Sunday Times Lara Spirit. Lara Spirit was speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen Live every Friday 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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