Tax on workplace parking.

[Chippy_Tea]

People who live near hospitals struggle to get a car parking space near their homes as people avoiding paying the hospital parking charge use all the streets near the hospital to park for free and now we are looking at a car parking tax for workplaces, all this will do is clog the streets with cars near these workplaces.

Lets hope we don't follow this nonsense.



MSPs set to approve powers for workplace parking tax

The SNP agreed to back the workplace parking levy proposals as part of a budget deal with the Scottish Greens so it is almost certain to be passed by a majority of MSPs in the vote later on Thursday.

This bill would give local authorities across Scotland the power to charge businesses an annual fee for every parking space they provide for workers.

The firms themselves would then decide whether to pass the cost on to staff.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49991051

 

[Clint]

F****** Nazis.

 

[marshbrewer]

They did this in Nottingham. To this day, the council insist that this has had no knock on effect on employment and hasn't caused a single employer to move out of the city.

Which I can personally confirm is a total lie, as I have been involved in projects to move businesses out of the city limits to where the parking charge doesn't apply.

So savvy Scottish councils will be able to poach from greedy ones!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I cannot see companies taking this on the chin they are going to pass the charge onto employees and that isn't fair, we have a company car park (a bit of unmarked rough ground near the main building) if we were charged to park there I can guarantee the side streets would be flooded with cars and the locals would be up in arms and rightly so.

 

[Brew_DD2]

A really poorly-considered piece of legislation.

 

[Oneflewover]

I am contracted to have a vehicle available for work due to the nature of my employment. A couple of years ago my employer wanted to charge me to park the car that they stipulated i must have at work! Fortunately they didn't in the end, but I would've parked on a road half a mile away and walked to and from my car in their time when it was needed on work business.....

 

[dad_of_jon]

I am contracted to have a vehicle available for work due to the nature of my employment. A couple of years ago my employer wanted to charge me to park the car that they stipulated i must have at work! Fortunately they didn't in the end, but I would've parked on a road half a mile away and walked to and from my car in their time when it was needed on work business.....

I worked for west glamorgan county council and whilst not being charged I wasn't given a parking space whereas office staff e.g. secretaries typists etc. were. I would go out to schools as part of my it support job twice a day and it was 10 mins there and 10 mins back extra to on street park rather than park on site so that was over 3 hours lost because of a stupid council policy. Apart from dodging dog **** on the pavements on the way to the office I didn't mind.

 

[Oneflewover]

I worked for west glamorgan county council and whilst not being charged I wasn't given a parking space whereas office staff e.g. secretaries typists etc. were. I would go out to schools as part of my it support job twice a day and it was 10 mins there and 10 mins back extra to on street park rather than park on site so that was over 3 hours lost because of a stupid council policy. Apart from dodging dog s**t on the pavements on the way to the office I didn't mind.

They really don't think these things through.....

 

[Clint]

That's because they're a bunch of cocks...

 

[GotOneBrewin]

Rumours have it that the minimum alcohol pricing doesn't apply to the Holyrood bar. Attacking the car driver is what started the yellow vests.

If the tax is substantial people will favour jobs outside the 'low emission areas' and instead of having a short drive into the city they will opt for a longer commute elsewhere.

 

[Dexter101]

Absolutely no idea what they are hoping to achieve by this. Public transport for most people in the UK is poor. surely the only possible positive result is that the small number of people who live 1 mile or so from where they work walk or cycle instead. Hardly worth it.

 

[An Ankoù]

People who live near hospitals struggle to get a car parking space near their homes as people avoiding paying the hospital parking charge use all the streets near the hospital to park for free and now we are looking at a car parking tax for workplaces, all this will do is clog the streets with cars near these workplaces.

Lets hope we don't follow this nonsense.



MSPs set to approve powers for workplace parking tax

The SNP agreed to back the workplace parking levy proposals as part of a budget deal with the Scottish Greens so it is almost certain to be passed by a majority of MSPs in the vote later on Thursday.

This bill would give local authorities across Scotland the power to charge businesses an annual fee for every parking space they provide for workers.

The firms themselves would then decide whether to pass the cost on to staff.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49991051

Charging for hospital car parks makes me sick. It's inhuman. They should be free for both the staff and visitors. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to prevent them being abused- say a two hour limit for visitors and outpatients and pick up an exit ticket from the hospital reception.

 

[Oneflewover]

Charging for hospital car parks makes me sick. It's inhuman. They should be free for both the staff and visitors. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to prevent them being abused- say a two hour limit for visitors and outpatients and pick up an exit ticket from the hospital reception.

Charging for TV in hospital also, terrible. Bit off topic, but I guess both (particularly parking fees) help keep the NHS afloat....

 

[GotOneBrewin]

@An Ankoù

Two hours

What's the hospital situation like in France? Here you wait months for an appointment with a specialist, spend half a day in the waiting room and eventually get 5 mins with a registrar who will say anything to get you to f*** off until another day.

If you go to A&E you will again sit around for hours, lack of GP appointments are partly to blame but there will be lots of kids in there with grazes, coughs and non-descript hurty foot who just need a pharmacist or a first aid box, and all of them will be prioritised as 'major' and just because of their age will get seen quicker than your suspected broken arm.

 

[An Ankoù]

Charging for TV in hospital also, terrible. Bit off topic, but I guess both (particularly parking fees) help keep the NHS afloat....

I thought that was what our NIC was for. And I think the car parks are run by private companies.
I'd forgotten about TV.

 

[An Ankoù]

@An Ankoù

Two hours

What's the hospital situation like in France? Here you wait months for an appointment with a specialist, spend half a day in the waiting room and eventually get 5 mins with a registrar who will say anything to get you to f*** off until another day.

If you go to A&E you will again sit around for hours, lack of GP appointments are partly to blame but there will be lots of kids in there with grazes, coughs and non-descript hurty foot who just need a pharmacist or a first aid box, and all of them will be prioritised as 'major' and just because of their age will get seen quicker than your suspected broken arm.

It's different here. You go to your GP (next day appointment) who gives you a prescription for a consultation or an x-ray or whatever. You make the appointment with the hospital or radiologist or whatever of your choice over the phone and then go to your appointment at the appointed time. The only waiting is for the xrays or echograph as they produce them there and then, write up a brief report and then give a copy to the patient as well as send one to the GP. Haven't had to deal with an emergency yet, thankfully.

 

[GotOneBrewin]

What do you have to pay for?

 

[An Ankoù]

What do you have to pay for?

It's a weird system. You always pay the GP 25 euros which is immediately reimbursed to your bank account from the central administration. You don't pay the hospital, but some procedures are deemed more necessary than others so cosmetic teeth whitening for example would probably attract a fee which may be covered by a top-up cover called a mutuel.
Most of what you would consider necessary is covered one way or another, while the optional things attract more of a contribution. Dentistry is very cheap and very good relatively.
Amazingly all GPS are in private practice and that's why you pay them a standard fee and get it reimbursed. Odd, but it works.