:00:00. > :00:00.Though there's no guarantee of getting one.
:00:00. > :00:16.Now on BBC One, its time for the news where you are.
:00:17. > :00:19.Good evening. I'm Riz Lateef. The Mayor's described Ed Miliband's
:00:20. > :00:21.proposed mansion tax as a t`x on London. Property experts say nearly
:00:22. > :00:24.nine in ten of the homeowners affected would be here in the
:00:25. > :00:27.capital. But Labour says it would raise much`needed cash for the NHS
:00:28. > :00:35.and public health services. Nick Beake reports.
:00:36. > :00:42.House prices in the borough of Lambeth has shot up 37% in the past
:00:43. > :00:45.year, according to Nationwide, the biggest increase in the capital.
:00:46. > :00:47.biggest increase in the caphtal Caroline Hewitt has been making the
:00:48. > :00:53.most of more time at home since she most of more time at home shnce she
:00:54. > :00:59.lost her job. She bought her family house 20 years ago, paying ?230,000.
:01:00. > :01:01.It's now reckoned to be worth at least ?2 million, so she wotld have
:01:02. > :01:07.least ?2 million, so she would have to pay this so`called mansion tax. I
:01:08. > :01:10.think if you've paid ?2 million for your house, then it's fair dnough,
:01:11. > :01:14.but not in you're in our situation. We wouldn't be able to pay that
:01:15. > :01:21.amount. I don't think it's fair and I don't think it's right. And it
:01:22. > :01:26.doesn't help. It helps their covers, but it doesn't help the market and
:01:27. > :01:31.first`time buyers. The aver`ge London house price has doubled over
:01:32. > :01:35.the past decade and at ?428,000 it's now twice the national aver`ge. It's
:01:36. > :01:38.claimed 87% of UK homes worth more than ?2 million are in the capital
:01:39. > :01:42.and that 67% of a national mansion and that 67% of a national mansion
:01:43. > :01:45.tax would come from just three boroughs, which are hot spots for
:01:46. > :01:49.foreign investors. But crithcs claim foreign investors. But crithcs claim
:01:50. > :01:50.near one third of the owners of London's ?2 million homes h`ve been
:01:51. > :01:53.London's ?2 million homes have been there for at least a decade. It s a
:01:54. > :01:55.there for at least a decade. It's a tax on London. It would be `
:01:56. > :01:55.there for at least a decade. It s a tax on London. It would be a massive
:01:56. > :02:03.tax on London. It would be ` massive tax on family homes and people on
:02:04. > :02:06.who might be living in an expensive house, that's been inflated through
:02:07. > :02:08.no fault of their own, but don't have the income to pay the tax. It
:02:09. > :02:10.would be deeply resented and it s have the income to pay the tax. It
:02:11. > :02:12.would be deeply resented and it's a would be deeply resented and it's a
:02:13. > :02:16.bad policy. This kind of property tax has previously been proposed by
:02:17. > :02:20.the Liberal Democrats. But Labour wants the money collected to fund
:02:21. > :02:26.the NHS and at this Lambeth hospital there was support for the idea. I
:02:27. > :02:31.think it's good for people with these properties should be paying
:02:32. > :02:35.more tax. I'm benefitting from it and I think it's a good of doing it.
:02:36. > :02:38.If it's going towards the NHS it's a fair thing. Everyone would be quite
:02:39. > :02:40.happy for it to happen. Manx happy for it to happen. Manx
:02:41. > :02:44.Londoners will want a cast`iron Londoners will want a cast`iron
:02:45. > :02:48.guarantee that properties under ?2 million wouldn't be affected. Labour
:02:49. > :02:51.is well aware that it's so`called mansion tax policy would have a
:02:52. > :02:56.disproportionate effect on the capital. Maybe in some of the seats
:02:57. > :02:59.it hopes to take next year, if it's to return to government, so today
:03:00. > :03:01.there was a big effort to try to reassure Londoners about thhs
:03:02. > :03:04.reassure Londoners about this policy. We'll consult on thd
:03:05. > :03:04.reassure Londoners about thhs policy. We'll consult on the detail
:03:05. > :03:09.to ensure that that minoritx of to ensure that that minority of
:03:10. > :03:14.people who are long`standing residents in high`value properties
:03:15. > :03:20.have either relief or the ability to defer the payment of this until that
:03:21. > :03:24.property is sold. A plan to make the wealthy pay their share, or an
:03:25. > :03:26.unfair tax on those who property is their pension. The voters will
:03:27. > :03:30.their pension. The voters whll decide.
:03:31. > :03:33.Victoria is in Westminster tonight. There are still some questions over
:03:34. > :03:36.how this would work though? Yes. Not how this would work though? Yes Not
:03:37. > :03:37.least over how many properties how this would work though? Yes. Not
:03:38. > :03:40.least over how many properthes would be affected in London. Estimates
:03:41. > :03:45.be affected in London. Estilates vary between 58,000 and 110,000
:03:46. > :03:48.properties here. Also, the valuation of properties. At the moment they're
:03:49. > :03:52.based on 1991 levels, certainly for based on 1991 levels, certainly for
:03:53. > :03:57.council tax. Harriet Harman was pressed on this today and she said
:03:58. > :04:00.HMRC can value properties in a way and Labour would build on that
:04:01. > :04:06.method if in power. The other question, what could you do if you
:04:07. > :04:08.are cash poor, but asset rich? We were reassured there would be
:04:09. > :04:11.protection for those people and they wouldn't have to payle until, for
:04:12. > :04:16.example, the property was sold, but Labour are clear, they say this will
:04:17. > :04:21.raise ?1.2 billion directly for the NHS. Thank you.
:04:22. > :04:24.Metropolitan Police officers are now in Latvia in their continuing search
:04:25. > :04:26.for missing teenager, Alice Gross. The main suspect in her
:04:27. > :04:28.disappearance is Latvian builder, Arnis Zalkalns, who was jailed for
:04:29. > :04:31.murdering his wife in 1998. His mother`in`law has told the BBC that
:04:32. > :04:34.she hopes he'll be caught soon. Detectives are to stage a
:04:35. > :04:36.reconstruction of the schoolgirl's last`known movements later this
:04:37. > :04:57.In distant Latvia, a mother shares the anguish own Alice Gross's
:04:58. > :05:02.disappearance. Viktorija Zalkalns's daughter married the man, the
:05:03. > :05:06.suspect in the case. Arnis Zalkalns, who adopted its wife's surn`me,
:05:07. > :05:12.lured her to a forest and used an iron bar and knife to murder her.
:05:13. > :05:17.TRANSLATION: A person like that is sick. He should be put into a
:05:18. > :05:22.hospital. If someone does something like that completely drunk or being
:05:23. > :05:24.so jealous that he can't control his feelings, then you could almost
:05:25. > :05:27.feelings, then you could allost forgive him, but doing it
:05:28. > :05:32.consciously with a clear mind, waiting for the moment to do your
:05:33. > :05:38.dirty work, that I can't understand. 14`year`old Alice was last seen at
:05:39. > :05:40.the end of August, captured by CCTV walking across a bridge by the Grand
:05:41. > :05:46.Union Canal. The same camera filmed Union Canal. The same camera filmed
:05:47. > :05:51.Arnis Zalkalns 15 minutes after Alice. He went missing six days
:05:52. > :05:55.later. Police have been searching for clues in and around the canal
:05:56. > :06:00.and the overgrown banks of the River Brent. Yesterday, they recovered a
:06:01. > :06:05.six`inch knife, which is is being examined by forensic experts.
:06:06. > :06:11.Detectives say they have no evidence of the moment to indicate that Alice
:06:12. > :06:13.has come to an any harm, but Arnis Zalkalns's sudden disappearance
:06:14. > :06:13.has come to an any harm, but Arnis Zalkalns's sudden disappear`nce has
:06:14. > :06:18.Zalkalns's sudden disappearance has filled his mother`in`law in Latvia
:06:19. > :06:20.with foreboding. TRANSLATION: He's a threat to society. If he's done this
:06:21. > :06:22.to won person he could probably threat to society. If he's done this
:06:23. > :06:25.to won person he could prob`bly do it to another as well. It's almost a
:06:26. > :06:26.month since Alice went missing it to another as well. It's almost a
:06:27. > :06:29.month since Alice went misshng and month since Alice went misshng and
:06:30. > :06:35.till they wait to hear news of her safe return.
:06:36. > :06:39.Time for a check on the weather. It's good night from me and over to
:06:40. > :06:44.Wendy. It's not looking too bad. It's
:06:45. > :06:48.business as usual out there at the moment with the temperature falling
:06:49. > :06:51.back, so the night will be cold but as we go through the second part of
:06:52. > :06:57.the night there will be rain, which is something we haven't seen much of
:06:58. > :07:00.so far this month. The cloud will creep up on us towards midnight and
:07:01. > :07:06.that means the temperature will pick up a little, so we'll be at about
:07:07. > :07:08.ten or 11. The rain will be light and patchy, but create a dalp feel
:07:09. > :07:13.and patchy, but create a damp feel to things through the first part of
:07:14. > :07:14.tomorrow. There will be one or two showers dotted around in thd
:07:15. > :07:18.showers dotted around in the afternoon. In between those, there
:07:19. > :07:23.will be sunshine through the afternoon, with temperatures around
:07:24. > :07:26.19 for London. On the outlook, we still have dry conditions entering
:07:27. > :07:30.the weekend. There will be some sun around and on Friday, we'll have a
:07:31. > :07:42.bit more cloud here and there, but the warm weather continues hnto the
:07:43. > :07:48.You've been sending us pictures of the fine weather. This one was taken
:07:49. > :07:52.by Keith Brown in the Peak District yesterday, enjoying the sunshine
:07:53. > :07:55.here. There's been a little more cloud around today across parts of
:07:56. > :07:56.the Peak District and we finished the day with