Labour leader only party chief to qualify for the mansion tax
ED MILIBAND is apparently the only one of the three major party leaders who lives in a mansion.
The Labour leader’s north London home is worth a whopping £2.7m, more than triple the area’s average house price, according to online property portal Zoopla.
Miliband would also be the only party leader who would be forced pay Labour’s controversial mansion tax, should his party win the General Election.
Labour wants a new tax on all properties valued over £2m and would spend the revenue raised on the NHS.
Both David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s London homes just fail to meet the threshold for the Labour’s tax, valued at £1.97m and £1.89m respectively.
Zoopla’s Lawrence Hall yesterday commented: “Soul-less second kitchen or not, Ed Miliband’s home is in a desirable part of London and is now worth a lot more than he paid for it before the last election.”