‘Mansion tax police’ will be sent to homes to decide whether they should pay more under Labour plans.
Ministers have admitted that valuation agents will be able to carry out ‘internal inspections’ of homes to check if they are worth more than £2 million.
Anyone who refuses a visit from the HMRC inspectors would be committing a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to £200.
The Tories described the move as a ‘sinister assault on civil liberties’ after uncovering the plan, which will hit London and the South East hardest.
At last year’s Budget, then chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a ‘mansion tax’
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