Parking

• Blue Badge thefts quadruple in five years

  The theft of Blue Badges has quadrupled in the last five years, council chiefs warn.

  

• Online council information for drivers with disabilities ‘poor’, Socitm finds

  Council parking services do a ‘poor job’ when it comes to the provision of online information for drivers with disabilities, ICT body warns.

  

• Council to review policy of charging disabled people £3,300 to park near home

  Cornwall Council has confirmed it will ‘urgently review’ its policy to charge people with disabilities over £3,000 for disabled parking spaces near their homes.

  

• Blue badge reform to improve travel for people with ‘hidden disabilities’

  A proposed reform to the blue badge criteria could mean people with ‘hidden disabilities’ will find it easier to travel.

  

• Council workers protesting ‘outrageous’ withdrawal of free parking passes

  Hull City Council employees are staging a demonstration today over the council’s decision to withdraw their free parking passes.

  

• Council forced to remove fake parking signs

  A council has been forced to remove fake residents-only parking signs after an estimated 18 appeared across two streets.

  

• Ex-council deputy leader 'breached' code of conduct over parking fines

  The former deputy leader of Sandwell Council has breached the code of conduct for underselling a public toilet to a friend, and attempting to quash parking tickets for his wife and children.

  

• Councils urged to limit the number of parking fines issued by motoring group

  The AA has launched a campaign against 'rampant ticketing' by council and private parking enforcers.

  

• Councils make record £819m parking profit

  English councils made a record £819m from their parking operations in the last financial year, a new RAC report finds.

  

• Cardiff launches new smart parking app

  Cardiff has become the first council in Europe to launch a new smart parking system across its citywide road network.