The Latest Breaking News from Steve Gooding

Drivers handed 48,000 parking tickets every day by private firms

Figures show parking management businesses issued 13.1 million tickets between April and December last year.

Evening Standard · Apr 16

Reeves urged to follow Europe’s example and protect consumers amid spiralling fuel prices

Diesel price hits highest level since December 2022, prompting more calls for No 10 to protect consumers

The Independent UK · Mar 30

Will pay-per-mile raise Reeves money or drive people away from electric vehicles?

Need for new road taxes is clear – but there are concerns that pricing plan could stall transition away from petrol

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2025

Fuel duty frozen as Government maintains 5p cut

In her Budget speech to the Commons, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said this is a ‘substantial commitment’.

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2024

With fuel duty revenue set to fall, is it time for the UK to introduce road pricing?

Transition to electric cars will mean £25bn a year in fuel duty disappearing from government coffers, so what are the alternatives?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024

From potholes to HS2, transport gets voters going – but some solutions are unsayable

As Labour and Tories promise rail reform and court motorists, many experts think road pricing is inevitable

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

Two-mile tailback on M25 as section closed for weekend

Traffic also building along diversion route through Surrey towns as five-mile stretch of UK’s busiest motorway closes

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024

UK roads being built without ministerial oversight, say environment campaigners

National Highways pushing ahead with projects ‘behind wall of secrecy’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

Drivers handed nearly 36,000 parking tickets a day by private firms

More than 3.3 million tickets were handed out between July and September

Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2023

Surge in number of drivers stealing fuel

Forecourt owners attempted to trace offenders over 39,563 incidents between July and September, new figures show.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023