Labour MP Julia Buckley has called on the Government to consider granting ‘lifetime’ Blue Badge awards for individuals with permanent health conditions. She queried the Department for Transport, responsible for the Blue Badge scheme, about the feasibility of such a move for those with unchanging lifelong ailments.

Currently, there are almost three million Blue Badge holders in Great Britain. A Blue Badge typically lasts for three years and incurs a cost of £20 in Scotland, up to £10 in…