Push for traffic fines to rise by £60 in a 74% hike – check how much you’d need to pay

COUNCILS are calling for higher traffic fines and special penalties for repeat offenders despite a third of local authorities making huge surpluses, The Sun can reveal.

The Local Government Association has hit back at the Department for Transport over plans to curb their monster revenues.

Ministers suggested extra cash from traffic fines could be redirected to the Treasury.

But a letter from the LGA...