At York Crown Court on 8 April, Kelly admitted one charge of perverting the course of justice in relation to the speeding offence, one charge of perverting the course of justice in relation to a parking fine and one charge of speeding.

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The white paper promised new powers to local authorities to charge motorists for the use of roads and workplace parking.

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The white paper's approach to this dilemma is likely to involve giving local authorities the power to charge motorists for the use of roads, and to tax private parking spaces for businesses.

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"They're probably about a quarter of what the commercial charge for a parking space would be - albeit not a dedicated space, " Mr Ferguson said.

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When covering a controversy over Armagh council increasing parking charges at one of their facilities, the Gazette dubbed it The Charge of the Tight Brigade.

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According to council documents, Devon's overall "on-street parking account" is running at a surplus, but the collection of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) is making a loss and has been for the last five years.

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