"As the owner of a little place on the Isle of Wight, I should declare an interest. Some 80 per cent of properties in my seaside village are second homes, making it difficult for local shops to survive the winter."
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"Michael Gove's hypocritical war on second homes will backfire", The Telegraph (31 July 2023)
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