London boroughs to raise parking and traffic penalty charges in April

London boroughs have agreed to raise parking and traffic penalty charges for the first time since 2011. The new penalty charges and fees will come into effect from Monday 7 April 2025. Boroughs say the increase is necessary to ensure penalty charge notices (PCN) remain effective deterrents and properly incentivise drivers to drive and park […]

ULEZ Expansion: TfL owed over £200m in unpaid fines

Seven in 10 drivers issued with a Ulez penalty charge since the zone expanded have failed to pay the £180 fine, TfL has revealed. Almost a million fines were “outstanding”, owing £218,316,553. One motorist has clocked up 200 fines and owes TfL £47,682. Drivers who have failed to pay the £12.50-a-day levy have received an […]

Man who can’t drive receives more than a hundred motoring fines

A man who cannot drive has complained he’s been sent more than a hundred motoring fines to his home, addressed to another motorist. The BBC has spoken to Rob Richards, who has faced being chased by bailiffs over the penalties, despite the fact he’s never held a licence. Parking charges, speeding fines and Dartford Crossing […]

PCC launches consultation into speed camera fines

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster has launched a s four-week public consultation into whether money collected from fixed penalty notices handed out to motorists should be spent on new enforcement projects in the area where the money is gathered. At present cash raised from fines goes to the Treasury, but the cost […]

TfL hiking tube and bus fines by 25%

Transport for London’s fines are expected to increase by at least 25% to £100. The news website MyLondon reports that commissioner Andy Byford has announced fines are expected to increase from £80 “to protect our revenue from fare evasion and fraud.” It says the hike will target chronic fare evaders across the whole TfL network […]