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The cost of on street parking is going up across West Berkshire. The move is designed to boost the council bank balance by £3.5m next year. That’s £500,000 more than it made last year. The estimated cost of providing the parking service is around £2m, with income of £3.5m. This gives a net income to the council of £1.5m. It’s all part of the new parking strategy for the next 10 years. The council has 15 parking enforcement officers, and it says, rather ominously, that enforcement “will include the controls in place to deal with inconsiderate or unauthorised parking under its control”. There is…

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