AA Assist let me down after a collision – and wanted nearly £1,000 to give my car back

It didn’t keep its promises of a speedy repair or a courtesy car, and demanded a fortune for storage over the weekend

10 ways young UK drivers can avoid high car insurance costs

Adding a parent to the policy, opting for a small-engine vehicle or paying annually can all bring premiums down

Reader is unsure what they did, but after all this time, National Parking Enforcement is threatening court action

If private finance is used for road tunnel, analysis finds it would need to charge £8.10 for cars and £14 for lorries

How to avoid costly double whammy as rise in app- and phone-based parking payment opens new frontier in fraud

Global prices drop after reports that Opec+ is ready to raise output despite weaker demand for fossil fuels

Reader is willing to pay original sum but says no one should be fined for stopping for just over 2 minutes

From rising prices for lessons to insurance cover, we break down the hefty charges learners now face

More trainers and overtime for examiners but target to cut queue to seven weeks will not be hit until 2026

Owners of hybrids save only £13 a year compared with petrol equivalents, thinktank says

Campaigners say most common problem are ‘sticky keys’ that fails to record registration numbers correctly

Bereaved executor questions lack of tact and why insurer was not alerted by closed bank account

The AA says ‘cash-guzzling’ councils are adding clean-air levies to parking tariffs and resident parking permits

Concern grows that people will be put off buying electric vehicles because most will also have to pay ‘expensive car supplement’

Carmaker reportedly has yet to announce plan for repairs after telling motorists not to charge their cars