Parking stories in the News/media

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daveyjp

Nellymoser said:

Councils plunder £1.2 billion profits from car parking charges in 12 months

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/367822/councils-plunder-ps12-billion-profits-car-parking-charges-12-months

Councils are raking in hundreds of millions of pounds of profits per year from on- and off-street car parking, with critics saying this kind of “plunder” is down to a lack of restrictions on what authorities can charge motorists to park their cars.

The latest data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government shows that local councils in England generated a grand total of £2.3 billion from parking between April 2024 and March 2025 which, when taking into account running and maintenance costs, equates to an eye-watering £1.2 billion in profit.

The AA branded these latest figures as a “record parking plunder spree”. Head of roads Policy, Jack Cousens said: “For too many councils, particularly in cities, the cost of parking seems to have gone from a reasonable charge to a full-on local tax. Why? Because there is next to nothing holding them back.”

Councils aren't profit generators, so the story is nonsense.  Any surplus will be used to provide other services.

patient_dream

daveyjp said:

Nellymoser said:

Councils plunder £1.2 billion profits from car parking charges in 12 months

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/367822/councils-plunder-ps12-billion-profits-car-parking-charges-12-months

Councils are raking in hundreds of millions of pounds of profits per year from on- and off-street car parking, with critics saying this kind of “plunder” is down to a lack of restrictions on what authorities can charge motorists to park their cars.

The latest data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government shows that local councils in England generated a grand total of £2.3 billion from parking between April 2024 and March 2025 which, when taking into account running and maintenance costs, equates to an eye-watering £1.2 billion in profit.

The AA branded these latest figures as a “record parking plunder spree”. Head of roads Policy, Jack Cousens said: “For too many councils, particularly in cities, the cost of parking seems to have gone from a reasonable charge to a full-on local tax. Why? Because there is next to nothing holding them back.”

Councils aren't profit generators, so the story is nonsense.  Any surplus will be used to provide other services.

You mean like pot holes and third world roads