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Apcoa fixes on Westminster for parking contract redress

25.05.10
European parking giant Apcoa is poised to step up its legal assault against Westminster council over the borough's £50 million parking contract... more

Mouchel in court fight for Westminster parking contract as councillor quits

24.05.10
Mouchel challenges Westminster’s botched award of its £50 million parking contract in court as city management chief Danny Chalkley leaves his post... more

Revealed: ‘fiasco’ of Westminster’s parking contract

14.05.10
If any of London’s newly-elected councillors want a lesson in how not to run a contract-bidding process, they might like to take a field trip to Westminster... more

100 extra CCTV cameras mean more parking fines in Westminster

08.03.10
Number of motorists fined for parking offences in central London will rise as 100 CCTV 'spy' cameras are switched on... more

Calls to end motorbike parking fee scheme in Westminster

01.03.10
£1-a-day parking scheme for motorbikes in Westminster is set to make a £430,000 loss, bringing calls for it to be scrapped... more

Why the parking war on drivers? Well, it's a nice earner

26.01.10
There’s nothing a London bobby likes as much as a new bit of kit to keep him inside a warm office. I imagine that only a stingy Treasury stands between PC Plod and a tactical nuclear missile... more

Bloomsbury street that makes £2.5m a year in traffic fines

11.01.10
Southampton Row is the most lucrative road in London for parking fines and traffic penalties — raking in up to £2.5 million a year... more

Rethink on 'confusing' yellow lines that earned £330,000 for council

07.10.09
Town hall bosses are to reconsider 'confusing' parking restrictions after issuing thousands of fines to drivers... more

Motorbikers deny 'parking hate campaign'

18.03.09
Motorcyclists are accused of mounting a militant "hate campaign" against councillors who introduced parking charges... more

Energy firm tries to trademark 'juice' and squeeze out council

04.02.09
A giant energy company is trying to stop town hall bosses using the word "juice"... more

Da Vinci Code street gets £640,000 facelift

28.01.09
A public square is to be built in central London as part of plans to rejuvenate the West End... more

Drivers pull fast one over parking fines

17.10.08
Exotic supercars including Ferraris, Lamborghinis and a Bugatti Veyron worth £830,000 have helped notch up more than £4.5million in unpaid parking fines in central London... more

Drivers win up to 94% of parking fine appeals

14.07.08
Motorists are winning more than nine out of 10 cases in some boroughs when they fight parking tickets at a formal appeal... more

How Oxford Circus shoppers will beat crosstown traffic

10.07.08
Westminster Council wants to change the way we cross the road with a radical rethink of Oxford Circus... more

Westminster bans bottles

10.06.08
Westminster council banned bottled water in a bid to help the environment as well as save more than £12,000 a year... more

£43 for six hours in the most expensive car park

09.06.08
London's most expensive car park is revealed: the Pavilion Road multi-storey in Knightsbridge... more

Motorcyclists to be charged £1.50 a day to use parking bays

16.05.08
Hundreds of new motorcycle bays are to be installed in Westminster but riders will, for the first time, be charged for parking... more

Westminster switches to cashless parking

18.02.08
Cashless parking is in use across all of Westminster from today... more

'Exemption will discourage green cars'

13.02.08
Ken Livingstone's plans to waive the congestion charge for low-polluting cars will hit schemes promoting electric vehicles in the capital, council chiefs have warned... more

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