EXCLUSIVE: The Greens want to increase tax on buy more expensive homes.
SNP First Minister John Swinney has been urged to introduce a “mansion tax” on homes worth £1m or more. The Scottish Greens are demanding a super tax is slapped on the purchase of high-end houses. Party MSP Ross Greer said: “A mansion tax on the biggest and most luxurious houses is one of many ways we can raise more money to support services like the NHS while only impacting the very wealthiest people.
“There is more than enough wealth in Scotland to end child poverty tomorrow, but far too much of it is in the hands of a very small number of extremely rich people and big companies. The powers needed to tax them fairly mostly sit at Westminster rather than Holyrood, but we can use tools like Scottish property taxes to make sure the richest people in society pay a bit more when they are buying a new house. “A mansion tax could be introduced by the SNP now.
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