About five per cent of Yorkshire residents have one
The number of people using blue badges in York shire has surged - as a fraud investigator warned 20 per cent might have been issued illegally.
Last year, the percentage of the population in England holding a blue badge increased from 4.6 per cent to 4.9 per cent. "Clearly the more badges in circulation the higher the likelihood of fraud," he said. "The NHS is in crisis and we have an ageing population. The majority of disabled people are over 70 and as the population ages it's expected that there will be more disabled people and more blue badges on issue.
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