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Local authorities are expected to be handed powers to hike charges when properties are not either regularly used or let out by their owners for at least 70 days per year.
Sandbanks in Dorset has been named the UK's most pricey seaside town, with average prices in the picturesque peninsula resort near Bournemouth edging close to £1million, a Halifax survey found.
EXCLUSIVE: The rise in holiday homes being snapped up in prized parts of the UK is pitching young against old, parents against children and locals against outsiders.