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Drivers To Face Workplace Charges
1 hour 34 mins ago
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Drivers could be charged up to £350 a year to park at their place of work under new Government plans. Skip related content
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The charge would be levied by local councils under powers already granted by the 2000 Transport Act.
The move - already condemned by some businesses and motoring groups - will be put out to a 12-week consultation in March.
Companies are expected to pass the charge on to employees, meaning a monthly bill of up to about £28 a month.
Nottingham City Council has already said it plans to introduce a workplace levy scheme from April 2010.
It has said it wants to charge an initial rate of £185 a year for a parking space - but says that could rise to £350 a year by 2014.
Some 500 firms with 10 or more parking spaces would be liable for the charge.
Boots, which employs 9,000 people at its Nottingham headquarters, told the Daily Mail: "Boots are not in support of the workplace parking levy initiative.
"This is a tax on businesses and not a means of reducing the impact of traffic congestion.
"Boots and other businesses in Nottingham have objected to this policy consistently over the past 10 years and do not see this as a viable means of supporting Nottingham's future transport needs."
The new scheme would be monitored by CCTV as well as spot checks and number plate recognition systems.
Have I lost a few months and gone to April the 1st. Its got to be a wind up.
Drivers To Face Workplace Charges
1 hour 34 mins ago
Sky News Print Story
Drivers could be charged up to £350 a year to park at their place of work under new Government plans. Skip related content
Related photos / videos Drivers To Face Workplace Charges
Related content
'Pay Hundreds To Park At Work'
'No delay' in aircraft carrier work
Benefit reforms 'compassionate': PM
Related Hot Topic: Employment
Have your say: Employment
The charge would be levied by local councils under powers already granted by the 2000 Transport Act.
The move - already condemned by some businesses and motoring groups - will be put out to a 12-week consultation in March.
Companies are expected to pass the charge on to employees, meaning a monthly bill of up to about £28 a month.
Nottingham City Council has already said it plans to introduce a workplace levy scheme from April 2010.
It has said it wants to charge an initial rate of £185 a year for a parking space - but says that could rise to £350 a year by 2014.
Some 500 firms with 10 or more parking spaces would be liable for the charge.
Boots, which employs 9,000 people at its Nottingham headquarters, told the Daily Mail: "Boots are not in support of the workplace parking levy initiative.
"This is a tax on businesses and not a means of reducing the impact of traffic congestion.
"Boots and other businesses in Nottingham have objected to this policy consistently over the past 10 years and do not see this as a viable means of supporting Nottingham's future transport needs."
The new scheme would be monitored by CCTV as well as spot checks and number plate recognition systems.
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