Parking space

You should soon be able to pay for parking across the UK using just one app under new Government plans. The initiative is designed to end "the scramble" to download multiple apps for use at different car parks.

The Court of Appeal has today ruled against a motorist who challenged what he believed to be an excessive parking fine for overstaying his allotted time on private land.

Motorists in England are to get a 10 minute grace period after a parking ticket runs out before they can be hit with a fine.

Britons are now spending nearly £8 billion a year to park their cars.

Local councils handed out an increased number of parking tickets last year, despite cutting back on traffic wardens, according to figures out today.