Piers Morgan has vowed to pay for any parking fines accrued by NHS workers during the coronavirus crisis.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday morning, the TV host questioned why traffic wardens are still operating at a time when the government has urged only key workers to leave their homes.
“A friend of mine sent me a parking ticket, given to a friend of hers delivering food to the elderly on an estate,” he said.
“Two parking wardens in plain clothes in a white car, no mask, going around giving people tickets. A few of them were doing deliveries to the elderly and the vulnerable. ”
He asked whether wardens were acting in “the national interest right now” by “nicking people as they deliver goods to the elderly and vulnerable,” adding: “You are top of my list of people who are not essential workers! ”
Morgan, 60, then told viewers he had seen “people at hospitals, nurses and doctors, who are getting parking tickets for overstaying their stay.”
He questioned why health workers are not yet “exempt from car park fees,” adding: “There is no reason why we should be charging, it’s very easy to police it, you just show your NHS pass at the hospital and you get free parking.
“This is not difficult unless the priority is to make money.”
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