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Private parking firms failed to fight more than 21,000 appeals from drivers who argued they'd been wrongly given a ticket - double the number the previous year.

The majority of motorists who challenge parking tickets issued by private firms are winning their cases under a new appeals service.

Drivers wanting to challenge charges made in private car parks in England and Wales can use a new appeals service from today, though there is a catch.

The Government is pressing ahead with plans to make wheel-clamping and towing-away on private land a criminal offence.

Motorists could soon challenge unfair wheel clamping on private land through independent tribunals, the Government announced today.

Cowboy clampers will be driven out of business by a future Conservative government, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers pledged today.

After scores of harsh comments from consumers about private parking companies, the representative body, the British Parking Association (BPA) has agreed to answer their questions directly.