Sandwell Council's crackdown on blue badge fraud reaps national reward
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A council's crackdown on blue badge fraud has won a national award.
In the last 12 months Sandwell Council and APCOA Parking Enforcement has undertaken 10 successful prosecutions, alongside issuing 18 warning letters and cancelling a suspected false application.