COUNCIL leader Clyde Loakes has admitted he is embarrassed that staff keep parking on double-yellow lines outside the town hall.

At a cabinet meeting resident Kevin Lord, of Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, confronted councillors on the issue.

Mr Lord said: "The council operates double standards, you operate parking policy thoroughout the borough but you dont operate parking policy at the town hall.

"This has been going on for years, you are a bunch of complete hypocrites."

Cllr Loakes said: "Kevin does have a point about parking on the double yellow lines around the fountain, it is embarrasing, can we deal with this issue?"

The road around the town hall fountain is a private road and not subject to the usual parking enforcement.

But Cllr Keith Rayner, finance cabinet member, said he will make enquiries with the council's director of property services about what can be done.