Second-home owners in Southwold who are dodging council tax will lose weekly ...

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Second-home owners in Southwold who are dodging council tax by claiming their properties are holiday lets will lose weekly bin collections and won't be able to buy parking permits.

Councillors voted to withdraw services from the part-time residents.

A loophole allows wealthy owners of second-homes in the Suffolk seaside town to claim their property is a holiday let and so avoid paying any council tax.

But now East Suffolk Council has decided to get tough and said not only will they lose weekly bin collections but they won’t be able to buy a residents’ parking permit either.