Parking fines 'may be reduced'

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File photo dated 01/08/13 of a parking ticket on a car windscreen. Parking fines could be reduced and grace periods introduced, the Government has said, following criticism that local councils use parking enforcement as a
File photo dated 01/08/13 of a parking ticket on a car windscreen. Parking fines could be reduced and grace periods introduced, the Government has said, following criticism that local councils use parking enforcement as a

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Parking fines could be reduced and grace periods introduced, the Government has said, following criticism that local councils use parking enforcement as a "cash cow".

The Department for Transport is considering legal options to abolish the minimum rates for parking penalty charges to allow local authorities to lower fines for minor parking violations.

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