Double standards

Number of blue badge fraudsters in Waltham Forest nabbed by the Council in Waltham Forest during the first six months of 2010: nil.

Number of blue badge fraudsters in Waltham Forest nabbed by the Metropolitan Police in Waltham Forest during the first six months of 2010: nil.

Neither body is remotely interested in cracking down on this particularly blatant and highly visible form of fraud.

However

MORE than 1,150 people were caught watching TV without a licence in Waltham Forest during the first six months of 2010, new figures have revealed.