Councils will get more help to tackle bad car parking under proposals which have been put out for consultation. The parking framework, introduced by the Department for Transport earlier this year gave councils in England the power to issue Penalty Charge Notices to motorists parking at dropped kerbs or who double park, now the Department wants to make the power more effective.

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This report, published by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, reveals that the UK public service industry represents 6.2 per cent of GDP. This is similar to Sweden and Australia. Spending on the US public service industry is broadly similar to the UK, but with a lower share of GDP, at 5.3 per cent.

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