BORIS JOHNSON has finally agreed to scrap parking charges for NHS staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.
outbreak. The move came after a huge public outcry in response to nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers working on the front line having to pay hefty parking charges to park at work. A petition was launched to lobby the Government, which received over 400,000 signatures.NHS staff face charges of between £50 and £200 a month to park at work and last year NHS England took £86million in staff parking charges.
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