A council leader who was grilled for three hours about increased parking charges at a public meeting admitted communication was not as good as it could have been. Cllr Matt Boughton (Con), leader of Tonbridge and Malling, volunteered to appear after protests were organised in Tonbridge when his council introduced Sunday parking charges for the first time and extended evening parking charges from 6pm till 8pm. Graham Simmonds was one of the first to complain in April before the decision was taken and he organised and chaired the meeting at the Tonbridge Castle chambers on Wednesday. He said: “O…
