Council backs Lib Dem proposal on speeding fines

Council backs Lib Dem proposal on speeding fines

Have you ever wondered what happens to the money raised from speeding fines?

It all goes to the Consolidated Fund, the government’s bank account.

Wirral Council has unanimously supported a call from Liberal Democrat councillors for half the money generated to be returned to the councils where the penalty was imposed.

Oxton councillor Allan Brame, who moved the motion, said, “While Wirral Council funds enforcement infrastructure – such as average speed cameras, ANPR enforcement points, signage, and engineering works – we receive none of the money raised. 

“Some people complain that speed cameras are a “cash cow”. They are certainly not as far as Wirral is concerned: we don’t see a single penny of the fines paid by people breaking the speed limit.

“This is not about revenue generation – it’s a matter of revenue distribution,” Councillor Brame added.

Speeding is a significant issue across Wirral and the wider city region, with nearly 75,000 speeding offences resulting in enforcement action by Merseyside Police in the year ending March 2025. 

Concerns about speeding traffic remains one of the most frequent complaints to our Lib Dem councillors.