Desperate councils are forcing families to pay double council tax on homes they are trying to sell as part of a crackdown on second homeowners, The Telegraph can reveal. Since April, local authorities have been allowed to charge a 100pc council tax premium on unoccupied homes after just one year, instead of two. The higher tax has been introduced t…

​Desperate councils are forcing families to pay double council tax on homes they are trying to sell as part of a crackdown on second homeowners, The Telegraph can reveal. Since April, local authorities have been allowed to charge a 100pc council tax premium on unoccupied homes after just one year, instead of two. The higher tax has been introduced t…   Read More