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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.
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.
Robin Hood's Bay, an idyllic seaside spot six miles south of Whitby in the North York Moors National Park, surged in popularity among locked-down Britons during the Covid-19 pandemic.