Theresa May campaigned to end hospital car parking fees - despite attacking Labour for announcing the same policy today. <\/p>\n
Labour promised today to make car parking free at NHS hospitals in England, for patients, visitors and staff. <\/p>\n
But a Conservative spokesman attacked the plan, saying the pledge was not worth the paper it was printed on. <\/p>\n
The Tory leader said she was strongly opposed to the introduction of parking charges at St Marks Hospital, in her Maidenhead constituency. <\/p>\n
She promised to continue to work towards the abolition of these unhelpful charges. <\/p>\n
That was in November 2008. The Hospital still charges 1 for up to two hours, 2 for two to four hours and 10 after that. <\/p>\n
Jeremy Corbyn said: Theresa May wont support our plan to end hospital parking fees, unless its in her back yard. <\/p>\n
Jeremy Corbyn used a statement this morning to announce the major policy would feature in the party's general election manifesto. <\/p>\n
It would be funded by increasing the rate of insurance premium tax on private healthcare products by more than half, from 12% to 20%. <\/p>\n
The pledge comes after years of campaigns against parking charges and a Mirror investigation that showed they raked in 160million in one year. <\/p>\n
The Unison union says some nurses on low wages are paying 100 a month and having to rush out mid-shift to top up their tickets. <\/p>\n
Mr Corbyn said the charges \"place an unfair and unnecessary burden on families, patients and NHS staff.\" <\/p>\n
Speaking on a visit to nursing students in Tory-held Worcester, he was due to say: \"Hospital parking charges are a tax on serious illnesses. <\/p>\n
\"Our hospitals are struggling from under-funding at the hands of Theresa Mays Conservative government. <\/p>\n
\"But the gap should not be filled by charging sick patients, anxious relatives and already hard-pressed NHS staff for an essential service. <\/p>\n
Our NHS needs a Labour government that will stand up for the many, not the few. <\/p>\n
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