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A Labour council is using a loophole to let learner driver parking wardens fine motorists who have already passed their tests.
Civil enforcement officers are travelling on mopeds without a full licence to go around streets in south-west London and catch out drivers.
Lambeth Council has been criticised for using a 'loophole' to get more wardens onto the streets quickly to collect £35million a year in parking penalties, by brining in learner mopeds.
Wardens who are 18 and over are being hired with CBT certificates - meaning compulsory basic training - through a private contract with the parking firm Apcoa, according to The Telegraph.
The course, which is a day long, does not require a full practical theory test and teaches a low level of moped driving skills.
A Labour council is using a loophole to let learner driver parking wardens fine motorists who have already passed their tests (Stock photo)
Pensioner Richard Hughes, who has been driving for 40 years, said it was 'a bit odd' to be issued a ticket by a learner driver after he parked in Abbeville Village, Clapham, to collect food for his granddaughter.
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