Darren Fower𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘴 are being urged to 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 on misuse of 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗴𝗲 parking permits, as the 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 of people holding them reaches a record 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬!
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 analysis of the latest 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝗗𝗳𝗧) data found some 𝟯.𝟬𝟳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 blue badges are now held, an increase of 𝟴% from a year earlier!
𝗔𝗔 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 #EdmundKing also raised his concerns that "...𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳."