Motoring giant warns ‘something fundamental is wrong’ with parking tickets

• Private parking companies have issued 76 million tickets in the seven years since a parliamentary Bill, intended to introduce a code of practice, became law.
• The motoring research charity RAC Foundation calculated this figure, stating it suggests "something fundamental is wrong with the system."
• The Parking (Code of Practice) Bill, which received royal assent in March 2019, aimed to establish a clear code of conduct and halve most parking ticket fines to £50.
• Despite plans for implementation by late 2023, the code was controversially withdrawn in June 2022 by the then-Conservative government following a legal challenge from parking companies.
• A new consultation on introducing a code was held by the Labour government last year, with ministers urged to act to curb the power of the parking industry.

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UK drivers hit with millions of parking tickets despite crackdown on rogue firms