Parking Fees or a Business Tax?

In the UK, rather than cut spending, there's a new scheme in Nottingham to charge any firm with 11 or more staff parking spaces £250 ($412) a year for each space. The cost could rise to £350 within two years. Employers would be free to pass the cost on to their staff. (Or, more likely, customers.)

In other words, the government would have the right to collect parking fees on private property from the property owner.

The plan is endorsed by Sadiq Khan, the new transport minister and several other communities are considering the tax charges. Khan is the first muslim member of Gordon Brown's cabinet in the recent reshuffle.The reshuffle followed the resignation of many MPs amidst the expenses scandal, including former transport secretary, Geoff Hoon.