How to stop the cowboy clampers?  

Rogue car clampers are a real menace. Hardly a week goes by without a constituent complaining that they’ve been forced to pay £ hundreds for momentarily pulling onto a bit of pavement outside an empty shop.  It’s also driving trade out of towns like Clacton. Pensioners stung with big bills, and confronted by foul-mouthed thugs, are hardly likely to shop in town again. Something needs to be done. But what? One idea would be to regulate those permitted to wheel clamp - and the fees they charge. But something tells me that putting an IPSA-type quango in charge is never an effective solution to anything. Another proposal is a blanket ban on clamping vehicles on private land. It’s been suggested that this form part of the Freedom Bill.  A Freedom Bill that bans...