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More than three quarters of England’s second home owners are set to be charged double council tax next year, under new rules introduced by Michael Gove.
An analysis by The Telegraph has found that at least 153 local authorities will impose the inflated levy next April, a move that is likely to affect as many as 130,000 homes.
About 155,200 properties in England were recorded as second homes in the 2021 census, meaning that 84 per cent of those are set to be charged at double rates.
The charge will raise at least £215 million for councils and lead to owners paying thousands of pounds extra a year in tax.
The Government has been accused of waging a war on second homes. The Budget removed tax relief from those who run short-term holiday lets such as AirBnB and new rules from Mr Gove’s department mean that people wishing to rent out a short-term holiday home for more than 90 days a year must apply for planning permission.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the former Tory leader, said the new charge was “something Michael Gove should have stayed well away from.
“It will just get people angry and annoyed. We should not be attacking those people who have worked hard and tried hard.
“The idea that everyone is going to flock there to buy homes is not right. In fact, this policy could harm some of these communities which rely on tourism.
One of the advantages – or terrors, depending on your perspective – of a so-called MRP poll is being able to see exactly which MPs would or would not survive in a projected election scenario. And for all but 98 of Rishi Sunak’s troops, the latest news is grim.
To some extent, the Survation poll of 15,000-plus people released on Saturday night will tell Conservatives little they didn’t already know. But the starkness of its detail will chill many and enrage others.
The headline figures of the poll, which was commissioned by Best for Britain, are that Labour could take 468 seats and the Conservatives just 98 – a stonking Labour majority of 286, 107 greater than in 1997.
The Bank of England is examining claims that the high street lender Metro Bank put customers’ data at risk by allegedly misusing software at the centre of a long-running legal dispute.
Last month the central bank’s whistleblowing team was contacted by a person raising concerns about the integrity and security of software used to connect Metro Bank’s in-branch coin-counters – known as Magic Money Machines – to customer accounts.
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