Some 60 per cent of the public support a mansion tax on homes valued at £2m or more, according to a survey by property consumer group, the HomeOwners Alliance.
Only 13 per cent of the 2,184 people questioned by polling organisation YouGov opposed the policy, which is in Labour's manifesto for the May election. The remaining 27 per cent did not have a view.
However, even more people - 68 per cent - were in favour of a reform in council tax, with the addition of a higher band to apply to those homes valued at £2m-plus. This is in fact now Liberal Democrat policy.
Some 42 per cent of those questioned opposed the right of council tenants to buy their own council house or flat, while 65 per cent backed extending the Help to Buy deposit scheme introduced by the Coalition government.
The biggest support of all was for a policy not put forward by any political party - although suggested individually by London mayor Boris Johnson. That is, that developers should be obliged to market all new homes first of all within the UK before soliciting investment buyers from overseas. That was backed by 80 per cent of those questioned.
The HOA survey is sponsored by BLP Insurance, myhomemove and Trustmark.
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Stevie, that's nonsense - Spot on @AlgarvelInvestor.
Anyway... Its the multi-millionaire Mylene Klass I feel sorry for!
@AlgarveInvestor, you're talking total nonsense! This is politics of envy, pure and simple. Labour don't like aspiration or wealth creation, they'd rather force unfair taxes on people who have worked hard all their lives to afford a home in a desirable location.
Quelle surprise. Where are Savills and Knight Frank now, to tell us how awful and unfair the mansion tax is
Obviously this is only one poll, but it gives a good indication of what a decent majority of the public think when it comes the mansion tax. As I've said before, I'm fully behind the tax. If you have a 2 million house, you are not scrimping and saving and you can afford an annual charge. Myleene Klass's desperate 'think of the poor little grandmas' spiel just doesn't cut it, I'm afraid.
The fact that Ed Miliband, who is proposing the introduction of the tax, would apparently be hit by the charge too, shows he is not looking out for his own self-interest, quite the opposite. In any civilised, progressive society redistribution of wealth is all-important. Those at the top have to pay more than those at the bottom, simple as that.