Vote to ban sick charge

RIP-OFF hospital parking charges could be scrapped after fresh calls from MPS.

Nearly half of NHS trusts raised parking fees last year with £226million paid out.

Tory Peter Bone is fronting a bill to ban them and make hospitals exempt from business rates to claw back some cash.

It is due to be debated on January 25.

He said: “If you are visiting a relative who has cancer or another illness, hospital parking should be free. It’s just not right.”

The fees are already axed in Wales and Scotland.