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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Townsend

‘It’s not on’: Whitstable rages against extra £400 for second-home owners’ fuel bills

Shops on Harbour Street in the town centre, Whitstable, Kent
Harbour Street in the centre of Whitstable. The Kent seaside town is popular with Londoners looking for a second home. Photograph: Ian Dagnall/Alamy

Peter Robinson stared out to sea and shook his head. “It’s not on. They don’t need more money.”

The “they” in question are the thousands of second-home owners who have converged on Whitstable in recent years. According to the 68-year-old, 40% of all the houses on Albert Street, where he has lived for two decades, are now second homes.

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