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Derby’s blue badge backlog: “It’s absolutely disgraceful�

Thousands of blue badge holders in Derby are caught up in a backlog for their parking discs, preventing them from using disabled parking spaces. A spokeswoman from Derby City Council said the authority is receiving an average of 600 applications a month, but they only have capacity to handle 400.

Âé¶¹Éç Radio Derby political reporter Jennifer McKiernan spoke to Trefor Jones from Littleover, who’s been waiting for his disabled parking permit to be renewed for nearly five months.

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