Parking fines rake in record profit for councils
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The data - analysed for motoring research charity RAC Foundation by transport consultant David Leibling - comes from analysing the annual returns that councils make to the Department for Communities and Local Government. RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding urged motorists to read their own local authority's parking report to see the explanation for parking charges and how any surplus is being spent. Martin Tett, the Local Government Association's transport spokesman, claimed councils must "strike a balance" when setting charges in a bid to ensure there are parking spaces available. "Income raised through on-street parking charges is spent on running parking services and any surplus is only spent on essential transport projects, such as tackling our national £12 billion roads repair backlog and creating new parking spaces."
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