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Parking fines - the good, the bad and the ugly

Published 7 years, 3 months ago

Private parking firms are issuing penalties to drivers at the rate of one every five seconds. That's a 20% increase compared to last year.

Council income from parking penalties has never been higher.

So why this increase?

Every motorist has a parking ticket story. So what's yours?

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Presenter: Louise Cooper Producer: Alex Lewis and Linda Walker Editor: John Murphy