Vote 2017: Labour plans to scrap NHS hospital parking charges

If he wins the General Election, all parking for patients, visitors and staff at hospitals in England would be free of charge - funded by a tax hike for those with private health insurance.Labour say the plans would cost £162m, to be paid for by increasing Insurance Premium Tax on holders of private insurance from the current level of 12%, up to 20%.Parking charges at hospitals, levied by cash-strapped NHS trusts, have reached record levels in England.