Manchester City Council made more than £7 MILLION by slapping drivers with parking fines across the city last year. Around England, councils brought in a staggering £1.9 billion in parking charges, according to Government figures.
Just under a third of that amount, £589.09 million, came from on-street penalty charge notices (PCNs). PCNs are given out to drivers for a range of reasons, including parking offences, straying into bus lanes or stopping in a yellow box junction. READ MORE: It was once full of disused mills but this part of Manchester is becoming the 'world's coolest neighbourhood' READ MORE: Boy's heartbreak at not being allowed to see dad who has spent 12 years in jail for stealing a phone Town halls in Greater Manchester are among those making a sizable income from on-street penalty charges with Manchester raking in £7.3 million.
Bury and Bolton council also cashed in more than a million, while Wigan and Salford made no income at all, according to the figures.
The data, released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, shows incomes from on-street penalty charges around the region last year.
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