Clamping gets towed away

According to a report by ITN, the rest of the UK will fall in line with Scotland and Northern Ireland where clamping or towing of cars by private firms off private land is already banned.

The proposed measure will revoke the licences of the 2000+ regulated private parking enforcement companies in England and Wales.  Obviously this is great news for any of the thousands of "innocent" motorists each year who park up not realising they are on private land and come back to an inordinate fine to recover or release their car.  Its less good news for those of us running businesses where our car parks and loading areas are frequently abused by members of the public looking for free city centre parking...