No point going to Citizens Advise. This theft of our hard earned money is set in law - 'The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 2008'
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2095/contents/made
Its just another example of how us hard working people are shafted by the state.
And another piece of info gleaned was that the police force directly gets £30 of the recovery fee for admin. Surely that's their job; to solve crimes and do the admin? (Not that it was done well in this case either).
So we pay twice for the same thing. If I charged twice for a job, I would be called a thief or a fraudster. But its ok for the State, apparently.