Oh Lovely. A new tax
Lead story in tomorrow's paper.
Not clear how contractors will be charged. Possibly more than employees on same site as they may get parking as a perk. If there is resistance from the natives then NuLabor can spin it by charging more according to engine cc, cost, gender of owner etc.
Remember Comrades, we must squeeze them till the pips squeak.
Motorists to pay £250 tax for parking at work
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...g-at-work.html
The country’s first “workplace parking levy” will come into force in Nottingham in 2012 and is likely to be adopted by other councils.
Under the scheme, any firm with 11 or more staff parking spaces will be charged £250 a year for each. That cost could rise to £350 within two years.
Employers would be free to pass the cost on to their staff. An estimated 40,000 commuters in Nottingham drive to work and some businesses have threatened to leave the area if the scheme is introduced.
Business associations oppose the extra cost, which has been put at more than £3 billion if it were rolled out nationwide. About 10 million people in Britain drive to work every day.
Councils in Milton Keynes, Exeter, Cambridge and Oxford have expressed interest in the scheme.
The Core Cities Group, which represents Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield, has also expressed interest, identifying the levy's “congestion-busting” potential.
The scheme will be endorsed by Sadiq Khan, the transport minister, during a visit to Nottingham on Friday.
If a nonentity like Nottingham can open at £250 initially (rising, always rising), what price a Manchester or Edinburgh or the South East ? Do I hear £500 at the back Sir ? Chelsea Tractor .... £750, best price to you.
Not clear how contractors will be charged. Possibly more than employees on same site as they may get parking as a perk. If there is resistance from the natives then NuLabor can spin it by charging more according to engine cc, cost, gender of owner etc.
Remember Comrades, we must squeeze them till the pips squeak.
Motorists to pay £250 tax for parking at work
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...g-at-work.html
The country’s first “workplace parking levy” will come into force in Nottingham in 2012 and is likely to be adopted by other councils.
Under the scheme, any firm with 11 or more staff parking spaces will be charged £250 a year for each. That cost could rise to £350 within two years.
Employers would be free to pass the cost on to their staff. An estimated 40,000 commuters in Nottingham drive to work and some businesses have threatened to leave the area if the scheme is introduced.
Business associations oppose the extra cost, which has been put at more than £3 billion if it were rolled out nationwide. About 10 million people in Britain drive to work every day.
Councils in Milton Keynes, Exeter, Cambridge and Oxford have expressed interest in the scheme.
The Core Cities Group, which represents Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield, has also expressed interest, identifying the levy's “congestion-busting” potential.
The scheme will be endorsed by Sadiq Khan, the transport minister, during a visit to Nottingham on Friday.
If a nonentity like Nottingham can open at £250 initially (rising, always rising), what price a Manchester or Edinburgh or the South East ? Do I hear £500 at the back Sir ? Chelsea Tractor .... £750, best price to you.
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