Victory for Motorists: MHCLG Caps Parking Charges at £50 (£80 in London) with Mandatory 50% Discount

Castle · 14 January 2022 at 10:01AM

95Rollers said:

Back to the original topic- why are London being charged £30 more than the rest of the country?!? The streets of London aren't paved with gold and London has some of the country's poorest and most impoverished boroughs such as Tower Hamlets, Newham etc. Even "Royal" boroughs such as Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster have their poor areas. The minimum hourly wage might be higher- but then so are rates, rents and cost of living. Its just another example of how out of touch they are. Since ULEZ has been rolled out many people have been forced to scrap/ sell vehicles they've been priced out of being able to afford running and benefiting from!

Try £100 more, when it comes to Bus Lane fines; everywhere else, including Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham for example, "only" charge £60.

95Rollers · 14 January 2022 at 9:14PM

I will never drive in London again if I can help it. There are very good public transport links between my home and London so I just use those. It's just not worth the risk. TfL lost so much money through the pandemic they will no doubt be doing anything to claw back whatever they can. I'm thinking of purchasing an electric bike for when I'm travelling alone.