Are traffic wardens working in London today?

People across the UK have been told to stay at home amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Under the government’s lockdown measures, only essential travel is permitted.

There have been more than 138,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK and over 18,000 deaths.

The population are advised to only go outside for food, health reasons or work – but only if working from home is not possible.

Are traffic wardens still working?

Traffic wardens are still working in London, as they are throughout much of the UK.

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Also known as civil enforcement officers (CEOs), they are employed by local councils and are responsible for ensuring parking regulations are being followed.

However, as a result of the lockdown, some councils have relaxed the rules while others have suspended parking enforcements altogether.

One of those to do away with their enforcements is Haringey Council.

A statement released last month read: “Haringey Council has made adjustments to parking enforcement to support essential NHS and police staff, as well as residents that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“From Monday, March 23 we will suspend enforcement of our on-street residential, shared use and permit parking bays.”

Others, such as Camden Council, have been “scaling back” their parking enforcements.

They said: “We will not be suspending parking enforcement as this would not provide protection for the offer we have put in place for essential workers.

“However, we are scaling back enforcement to deal with dangerous and obstructive parking.”

The Telegraph reported last month that traffic wardens across the country have been instructed to adopt a “common sense” approach when issuing penalties.

Newham Council in London said it would only penalise motorists who park in “an obstructive or dangerous way” in a relaxing of its restrictions.

The National Car Parking Group also confirmed last month that free parking will be provided to NHS staff at all 150 of their car parks in England.

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