Sadiq Khan asks Mansion Tax critics – how would you fund the NHS?

“The Mansion Tax is absolutely fair: asking the very wealthiest to contribute a tiny bit more to help us save London’s NHS. It’s a crucial part of Labour’s plan to tackle the growing gap between the rich and poor which Londoners overwhelmingly support. We are clear that  more modest properties will never be bought into the scope of the tax, that people who are ‘asset rich but cash poor’ won’t have to pay until the property changes hands and the tax will be progressive – £2 million and £3milllion properties will pay much less than those worth over £10 million. Those who have opposed the Mansion Tax have to explain to hard working Londoners why they think it’s unfair to ask the very wealthiest to contribute just a little bit more, and why they are opposed to hiring thousands more nurses and doctors to help save London’s NHS, which has reached crisis point under this Government. For me it’s an issue of basic fairness and equality.”