New blue badge parking crackdown

A crackdown on abuse of the disabled "blue badge" parking scheme in England has been announced by ministers.

It is estimated that use of up to half of the existing 2.5 million badges could be fraudulent, costing the UK an estimated £46m a year.

More people are to face mobility tests to get the badges, which offer special parking rights, and councils will have greater powers of confiscation. Use of blue badges has soared by more than a third in the last 10 years. The badges allow access to special parking or the right to avoid parking restrictions.

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source: BBC