Workplace parking charges have been rejected by West Lothian Council after they were branded a "discretionary taxation".
The SNP opposition agreed there was no need for it in the largely rural West Lothian and criticised Labour for raising the motion at a meeting of the full council in the first place. Speaking to an amendment, Councillor Robert de Bold also criticised Labour for its refusal to consider greener options and said: “You didn’t need to pass a motion on this. You just need to not do it.”
The Scottish Government regulations which will allow councils to impose workplace parking charges come into force next month.
