"DervMan" wrote in message
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"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
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Given the that the increased road congestion in Friday and Sunday
evenings
is caused by many people going and from to their country cottages for
the
weekend, isn't it time that second homes attracted a punative rate of
council tax?

No.

An added bonus of this would be to free-up houses in rural and other
touristy areas that young people on local wages could afford to buy or
rent
who would then spend money in the local economy.

If you have to rent or buy, you have to rent or buy - it's that simple.


But it is the question of affordability in relation to local wages that is
the cause for concern.