‘It’s not on’: Whitstable rages against extra £400 for second-home owners’ fuel bills

People in the Kent seaside town - a popular bolthole for wealthy Londoners - see no justice in the chancellor's payout

Peter Robinson stared out to sea and shook his head. It's not on. They don't need more money."

The they" in question are the thousands of second-home owners that have converged on Whitstable in recent years. According to the 68-year-old, 40% of all the houses on Albert Street, where he has lived for two decades, are now second homes.