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# Labour councillor calls for crackdown on blue badge abuse
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/labour-councillor-calls-for-crackdown-on-blue-badge-abuse/
- Published: 2015-07-27T08:00:36.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-15T07:14:04.000Z
- Description: A Burntwood Labour councillor has called for more to be done to tackle abuse by drivers using blue badges.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:42, News

A Burntwood Labour councillor has called for more to be done to tackle abuse by drivers using blue badges.

[![Cllr Eric Drinkwater](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/eric-drinkwater1.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/?attachment%5Fid=143220)

Cllr Eric Drinkwater

Cllr Eric Drinkwater told a recent meeting of Lichfield District Council that authorities needed to do more on the issue.

He said: “I have every sympathy with people who need a blue badge, but the system is being abused.

“Some drivers think that just because they have a blue badge they can park wherever they damn well want – whether it’s on double yellow lines, corners or anywhere else they want.

“I’m not accusing all blue badge holders, but agencies are not doing enough to stop it.”

[![Cllr Natasha Pullen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/17757262614_0fac8c1af7_z.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/?attachment%5Fid=144529)

Cllr Natasha Pullen

But Cllr Drinkwater’s view drew a swift response from Conservative Cllr Natasha Pullen.

She said: “As a family who need a blue badge, we go out of our way to park safely, but sometimes if we need access we will need to park in certain places.

“It’s a shame people who don’t have a blue badge continue to abuse disabled bays and force people to park elsewhere.”