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The number of complaints to Leeds City Council about a disabled blue badge decision has doubled in the course of a year.

There were 78 grievances lodged with the local authority about the subject between April 2019 and March 2020, compared with 37 the year before.

Under new legislation introduced in 2019, people with so-called "hidden" disabilities, such as autism, dementia and Crohn's disease, are now entitled to a blue badge giving them access to a disabled parking space.

The council, which decides on blue badge applications, said there'd been multiple cases where they were unable to verify an individual's claim that they had a disability.

New legislation entitles more people than ever before to claim a blue badge.

The figures were published in a report to the council's health scrutiny board, which met on Tuesday.

Blue badge complaints to Leeds City Council double after new rules on 'hidden disabilities'