Councils are raking in £1.5billion a year on parking - including more than £1billion on fines alone - it has been revealed.

Brighton and Hove Council has made the most money outside London with £28.7million, shortly followed by Nottingham city council with £20.9m and Birmingham city council with £18.3m.  

The five authorities with the highest revenue were all in London, led by Westminster with a whopping £76.4million.

This was followed by Kensington and Chelsea (£46.1m), Camden (£38.1m), Hammersmith and Fulham (£35.6m), and Wandsworth (£30.4m).   A report from the RAC found total income from on-street tickets and permits totalled £483m, a further £338m came from on-street parking charges and £682m from off-street charges and penalties, such as car park fines. 

This represents a four per cent increase from the year before.  

Parking income included money from meters, residents' parking permits, business parking permits and penalties for parking offences. Overall, parking income for English councils outside London amounted to £906 million, a five per cent increase on 2014-15. 

Brighton and Hove council was in top spot with the authority making £28.7m in parking income. 

This was closely followed by Nottingham city council, with £20.9 million and Birmingham city council with £18.3 million.