English councils made £667m profit from parking, claims RAC Foundation report

David Leibling

David Leibling

English councils generated a “profit” of £667m from on and off-street parking operations in 2013-14, according to a new report from the RAC Foundation. This is 12% higher than the £594m raised in 2012-13, says the report’s author David Leibling.

Although not all councils made a large surplus, “very few” lost money, the report states, adding that just 55 (16%) of the 353 parking authorities in England reported negative numbers. The report attributes...

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