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More than one in 22 people in England have a blue badge

Amit Bansal/unsplash There were 2.57 million holders of blue badges at the end of March last year, figures show. More than one in 22 people in England have a disabled parking badge, exceeding the proportion before the pandemic. There were 2.57 million valid blue badges at the end of March last year, analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) data…

Driver fined £220 for improper use of blue badge parking permit

Originally Publish by By Layth Yousif image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A driver has been convicted for improperly using a disabled person’s badge as part of a council-driven effort to tackle blue badge disabled parking fraud. The case was convicted at Luton Magistrates’ Court this week for misuse of a blue badge parking…

Bedfordshire woman who used daughter’s blue badge to skip £2 parking ticket hit with £1,000 bill

Originally publish by itv.com image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A woman who used her daughter’s blue badge to avoid a £2 parking ticket has been hit with a bill for nearly £1,000 after being taken to court. Nasharie Oluwa, 35, used the badge to go shopping while her six-year-old daughter was at school,…

Woman prosecuted for misusing child’s Blue Badge

Originally Publish bedford.gov.uk image by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A woman has been fined for misusing a Blue Badge when she parked her Mercedes in a Bedford Borough Council car park. Nasharie Oluwa, 35, of Ethelred Lane, Great Denham, pleaded guilty in writing at Luton Magistrates’ Court to one offence of misusing a Blue Badge. The Mercedes…

Clapham man fined £220 as part of crackdown on Blue Badge fraud

Originally Publish By Olga Norford image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A driver has been fined for improperly using a disabled person’s parking permit as part of a council crackdown on Blue Badge fraud. David Maggs, of Milton Road, Clapham, was found using his wife’s Blue Badge while she was not present, claiming he was…

Blue badge fraudsters fined over £3k for illegally using cancelled passes to park in Bexley

In one case the pass had been cancelled after the owner died Originally Publish by By Olivia Beeson image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A South London borough is cracking down on blue badge usage after a number of people were prosecuted for misusing them last year. In 2023, 26 prosecutions took place for…

Dartford and Greenwich drivers fined after Blue Badge misuse in Bexley

Originally Publish by  Emily Davison image by Jakub Pabis/unsplash Two motorists have been issued with fines following Blue Badge misuse in Bexley, as Bexley Council warn of “dire consequences.” Two people were found guilty of Blue Badge misuse at the Magistrates Court in November 2023. Albert Coveney of Wilmington Court Road, Dartford, was found guilty of displaying…

Courts fine drivers misusing Blue Badges

Originally Publish By Alexander Chadwick As part of ongoing work to protect legitimate Blue Badge users, investigators in York have successful uncovered and prosecuted two instances of Blue Badge fraud. Working with the Council’s fraud investigation service, Veritau, two cases of fraud have now been successfully convicted, helping protect the rights of Blue Badge holders…

Courts fine drivers misusing Blue Badges

Originally Published By york.gov.uk Friday, 22 December 2023 As part of ongoing work to protect legitimate Blue Badge users, investigators in York have successful uncovered and prosecuted two instances of Blue Badge fraud. Working with the Council’s fraud investigation service, Veritau, two cases of fraud have now been successfully convicted, helping protect the rights of…

Five more offenders convicted for abuse of the Blue Badge scheme

Originally Publish By bromley.gov.uk image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash Blue Badge scheme abuse has resulted in the convictions of five more motorists for offences relating to the display of cancelled badges. The council continues with its campaign to protect the Blue Badge scheme for genuine users. Fines and costs totalling £3,657 have been…