When talking about the outsourcing of services one needs to recognise the shift in attitude about who is best placed to deliver real reform in the... continue

Mark Moran
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, like all local authorities, is facing swingeing cuts to its budgets as central government austerity targets... continue

Nuneaton and Bedford Borough Council has introduced the Phone and Pay service, provided by Parking World exhibitor BemroseBooth Mobile. Once a... continue

Traffic queues to city centre car parks often leads to congestion issues, with some car parks full while others a short distance away are left with... continue

East Hertfordshire District Council is dropping the additional 20p transaction fee levied on motorists who pay for parking using mobile phones. The... continue

Patrick McDonnell
The tragic death of a 5-year-old boy on a busy road in Elephant & Castle, south London, has thrown into sharp relief concerns about road safety... continue

Ian Morris
From next April the amount the government gives local authorities for Council Tax Benefit will be cut by 10% in a bid to save £500m. Each... continue

Patrick McDonnell
Retailers in Folkestone say their takings have dropped by an average of 30% since the introduction of parking charges in September. In March,... continue

Patrick McDonnell
Nottingham City Council is now consulting on a third round of parking charge changes after businesses complained that it would deter visitors to the... continue

Patrick McDonnell
Proposals to introduce parking charges in Ely, in East Cambridgeshire, are again under discussion, a year after a petition signed by 12,000 opposed... continue

Patrick McDonnell
Car parking charges in Cornwall will be frozen next year. Cornwall Council’s cabinet rejected a proposal to increase charges in council owned... continue

A free parking scheme in Witney is set to continue after West Oxfordshire District Council concluded it had contributed to the town’s... continue

Cheshire East Council is trialling a scheme where motorists paying for a two-hour parking stay get a further two-hours free to boost trade in... continue

The roof of a multi-storey car park in Liverpool could be the venue for five–a-side football, if the council’s planning committee accepts... continue

City centre parking charges in Liverpool are being cut by nearly 10%. The reductions, which follow a public consultation in September, will return... continue

Construction work has begun of a new £10m bus-based transport interchange in Dunfermline, Fife, which it is hoped will attract motorists... continue

A peer-to-peer car club is to be trialled in a Scottish city as part of a Scottish Government-funded programme. Peer-to-peer car clubs involve... continue

Nick Kibel
The recent vandalism of phone parking signs in the London Borough of Barnet highlights the dismay of Barnet residents with the current parking... continue

Patrick McDonnell
Central Bedfordshire Council has approved a new parking strategy designed to provide clarity on how parking will operate in towns such Dunstable and... continue

Deniz Huseyin
Deniz Huseyin Nottingham city Council is to simplify its on-street tariff structure and scrap its maximum waiting period. The authority is making the... continue