UK finance minister Reeves plans tax raid on owners of expensive homes, FT reports
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves proposes higher taxes on luxury homeowners to raise funds for the exchequer, as reported by FT.
(Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves is planning a budget tax raid on the owners of expensive homes, with new, higher bands of council tax seen as the best way to raise several billion pounds for the cash-strapped exchequer, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; editing by Diane Craft)
Council tax is a local taxation system in England, Wales, and Scotland, used to fund local services such as education, waste collection, and public safety. It is based on the estimated value of a property.
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