00:01There is anger over plans to introduce parking charges at Licky Hills Country Park.
00:06Bromsgrove's Conservative MP Bradley Thomas accuses Birmingham City Council of treating
00:11his area as a cash cow. Licky Hills is the only one of three parks where the authority
00:16is pushing ahead with charges for parking. Proposals for Sheldon Country Park are being
00:21reviewed while councillors have been advised to delay charges at Sutton Park. The council
00:27says parking income would go directly towards maintaining and improving the park's facilities.
00:33It argues charging visitors would bring Birmingham into line with similar parks elsewhere in the
00:38country, helping cover the cost of looking after them.
