Andy Burnham has been urged to protect tenants amid fears landlords could try to make them pay for a £2,500-a-year mansion tax bill through higher rents.
It would be “indefensible” if landlords owning homes worth over £2m made their tenants pay the cost of the new surcharge, renters’ rights groups told The i Paper.
Potential rent increases could affect young renters sharing larger homes in upmarket parts of London and the South East of England, they warned.
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Labour is bringing in the high-value council tax surcharge – nicknamed the mansion tax – on properties valued over £2m in a bid to address wealth inequality and raise more money for the Treasury.
