Government's humiliating U-turn on yellow line parking plans

Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, has executed an awkward U-turn on plans to let people park for 15 minutes on double yellow lines. The proposal was intended to make it easier for people to pop to the shops - and breathe life into the high street. However, after he put the idea to the public, they overwhelmingly rejected it.

So what was wrong with the plan, and what are the alternatives?%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%