Private parking fines to be capped at £50


The majority of private fines are to be capped at £50 in England, Scotland and Wales under a new parking code of practice.
Penalty charge notification parking ticket

Should parking fines be payable in instalments?


Drivers who have been handed parking tickets should be able to pay their fines in "affordable instalments", according to a debt advice charity.
Primary school pupils handing parking tickets to polluting parents

Pupils handing parking tickets to polluting parent


Students in Manchester are educating their parents about air pollution, by handing parking tickets to drivers who leave their car engine idling.
Millions of addresses sold to cowboy parking firms

Millions of addresses sold to cowboy parking firms


Drivers will be hit by a record six million penalties by private parking companies this year, up by more than a quarter in 12 months, fuelling de
Parking complaints soar as cameras ‘entrap’ motorists

Parking complaints soar as cameras ‘entrap’


Complaints over parking tickets have soared by more than 50 per cent in a year after a surge in the number of car parks monitored by automatic nu
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Supercar spotters hit London for exotic cars summer...


A free motor show is lighting up London as exotic machines flock in from abroad. But the owners best beware authorities with new powers.
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News: Donors fund Supreme Court parking ticket challenge


Hundreds of motorists have crowdfunded a legal challenge to private parking firms
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News: 10-minute grace period introduced for council...


From midnight on Sunday motorists have been legally entitled to a 10-minute grace period in council parking spaces.
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Illegal foreign cars have nowhere to hide in police...


Foreign motorists who evade speeding fines and parking tickets by failing to register with the DVLA can now be caught. Driving takes a ride with two...
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News: Driver received parking ticket while observing...


Rules are rules. That was the view of the parking warden who issued a ticket on November 11 to a driver who had pulled over to observe the Armistice...
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Q. I am a council employee and would like to know if...


Q. I am a council employee and would like to know if I am personally responsible for parking fines while out and about driving a council vehicle?
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News: One in seven drivers can’t remember where they...


Now, is it on level one, level two or did I cycle in?