Raid foreign aid budget to end hospital car park charges, says MP
Tory MP Rob Halfon has hit out at hospital car parking charges, calling them a 'stealth tax' on vulnerable patients. Ex-minister Halfon, MP for Harlow in Essex, accused private parking companies of using sick patients as 'cash cows' and suggested providing free parking for patients by cutting the budget from other projects.
In particular, Halfon recommended looking into the overseas aid budget, which is currently £13.4 billion each year. He pointed out that funding free parking at hospitals would cost less than £200 million.