Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 27th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Give parking and congestion charge exemptions to the NHS staff.
Offer free parking or taxi rides to NHS staff, including waiving congestion charges to enable staff to travel to work with safe social distancing in the current climate. Possibly paying London taxis a fee, keeping them able to feed their families a little.
The NHS are working round the clock and are endangering their lives and their families lives every day with the current Covid 19 crisis. They have to travel on public transport and are open to more germs which will be carried in to the hospitals. If they can drive or go by taxis, that will lessen their risks. But its expensive to park and the congestion charges make it impossible for them. London taxi drivers are now struggling financially so this could possibly help out lots of families in different ways but keeping them safer also.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started this petition, the Government have announced that they will provide free car parking for all NHS and social care staff. You can read more about this here: www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-provide-free-car-parking-for-nhs-and-social-care-staff
The congestion charge is the responsibility of the London Assembly. Since you started this petition, TfL has also suspended road charging schemes:
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2020/march/tfl-suspends-all-road-user-charging-schemes-to-help-critical-workers?intcmp=62502
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
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