New data has revealed that councils raked in a whopping £338 million on penalty charges alone in 2016. The total UK parking income exceeded £1.5billion in 2015-16 an increase of four per cent, according to the data by RAC. In the report titled ‘Local Authority Parking Finances in England 2015-16’ it was revealed that income […]
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Drivers being viewed as 'wallets on wheels' as councils SLASH highways budgets
Some 62 per cent of local authorities have reduced their expenditure on services such as road maintenance, street lights and school crossing patrols since 2016/17, according to the AA. But the motoring organisation found that more than 200 councils are seeking to increase their parking income by raising fees for on and off street parking […]
Manchester councils refuse to bury or cremate suicide bomber Salman Abedi
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people and injured over a hundred more in the Manchester Arena attack last week, will never be buried or cremated in Greater Manchester, local authorities insist. City officials said they will do “everything in their power” to stop Abedi, 22, from being buried, cremated or laid to rest […]