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Drivers handed nearly 36,000 parking tickets a day by private firms

Drivers are being hit with an average of nearly 36,000 parking tickets a day by private companies in Britain, new figures show.

More than 3.3 million tickets were handed out between July and September, according to analysis of Government data by the PA news agency and motoring research charity the RAC Foundation.

The figure is up 16% from 2.9

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