A number of changes to parking regulations have been introduced across the UK this week that will have an impact on people with parking jobs. 

In Guernsey, the local authority has approved plans to introduce charges for long-term parking, the BBC reports. 

Short-stay parking spaces, in which motorists can leave their vehicle for up to two and a half hours, will remain free, but parking for any longer than this will result in a charge of 60p per hour.

This will be part of a wider transport plan for the island in which buses will be free for a trial period of 18 months and a tax will be introduced based on the width and carbon dioxide emissions of vehicles.

The scheme is expected to cost in the region of £835,000, but it is hoped the money raised from parking charges and the tax will cover this. 

Local political deputy Barry Brehaut commented: "You can't feel entirely 100 per cent happy on imposing tariffs, charges and duty on people.

"The reality is that we have a problem on the island, the problem is to do with the motorcar, the circulation and congestion."

"People won't wake up with paid parking tomorrow. Paid parking will not come in before 2015," he added.

No official date for the introduction of the plans has been announced and a number of laws will need to be rewritten before this is possible.

Elsewhere, Cumbria County Council has approved plans to implement on-street parking changes across the region. 

Parking meters will now be introduced on certain streets in Carlisle, Penrith, Kendal, Barrow, Workington, Whitehaven, Maryport, Keswick, Cockermouth, Windermere and Bowness and Ambleside. 

The council has decided to press ahead with these plans despite strong opposition from local businesses, who believe it will have a harmful impact on their trade.

Meanwhile, the Bradford and Telegraph and Argus has reported the number of parking tickets issued to cars on zigzag lines outside schools in the Yorkshire City has increased by more than 500 per cent over the last two years.