The Government says it is “carefully considering” findings from a trial in which a council increases parking ticket charges from £70 to £160. The change is being reviewed as part of a wider question about whether councils should be allowed to raise parking fines to that level. The reporting highlights that the trial results are central to the Government’s ongoing assessment, but it does not indicate that a final decision has been made. It also frames the potential impact as a possible doubling of the cost of tickets if wider permission is granted. No specific details about the trial’s outcomes, number of locations, or enforcement effects are provided in the available summaries. The discussion is presented as a policy review rather than an immediate rollout, with the Government still evaluating the trial evidence before determining whether councils can adopt higher ticket prices more broadly.