Tabloid Rapped For Corbyn ‘War On Homeowners’ Smear

A tabloid has taken a hit from press regulator IPSO for a pre-election smear suggesting Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had declared a ‘war on homeowners’. The article claimed Labour had proposed to “grab more inheritances and tax profits on family house sales” in a report commissioned by the party called Land for the Many. The Mail on Sunday reported that homeowners would be “taxed on the increase in the value of their home under bombshell plans being drawn up by Labour”. However, while the Labour report’s authors considered such a proposal, they ultimately rejected it. Read more on the IPSO website.

https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=05046-19