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• STAGGERING RESULTS AS POLICE FIND UNSAFE UNROADWORTHY TAXIS IN CARDIFF SAFETY BLITZ

  The two-day operation over the weekend of November 15 and 16, saw South Wales Police team up with taxi licensing teams from Cardiff and Newport councils, as well as the DVSA.

• FEAR BUSINESSES MAY BECOME UNVIABLE AS POWYS COUNCIL PROPOSES 8 PER CENT LICENCE FEE HIKE

  The proposed rise, set to take effect from April 1, 2026, follows an identical eight per cent increase implemented earlier this year.

• POLICE CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL AND FAKE TAXIS IN BIRMINGHAM

  West Midlands Police have launched a dedicated operation alongside Taxi Licensing teams to target illegal and fake taxi services operating within Birmingham city centre, resulting in penalties and planned prosecutions.

• IRISH TAXI DRIVERS PROTEST UBERS FIXED FARES AS INDUSTRY REGULATION DEBATE RAGES

  Over 1,500 taxi drivers from across Ireland staged a slow protest, calling for an update to industry regulations which they claim are failing to keep pace with app-based dispatchers like Uber.

• MESSAGE FROM THE NPHTA: PLEASE COPY PASTE EMAIL BELOW AND SEND TO YOUR LOCAL MP

  If this amendment to the Deregulation Act 2015 is approved, it will be a nationwide problem - not just Greater Manchester

• UNSAFE CAB IN COLCHESTER RESULTS IN CABBIE LOSING LICENCE AFTER POLICE INSPECTION

  Essex Police’s neighbourhood policing team is currently working with Colchester Council’s licensing team to conduct inspections and ensure that taxis operating across the city are safe for passengers.

• TAXI TERROR: WOMAN JAILED FOR 26 MONTHS AFTER KNIFEPOINT ROBBERY IN COATBRIDGE

  Jamie Lee Black, 30, of Glasgow, and her co-accused, Mark Doyle, 36, of Coatbridge, admitted to assaulting the male driver and robbing him of cash and his car keys.

• KNOWSLEY COUNCIL CONSIDERS UNMET SURVEY OR 'QUALITY OF VEHICLE' RESTRICTIONS

  Major changes to Knowsley Council’s taxi licensing policy could significantly reduce the number of hackneys on Merseyside roads, driven by proposals for stricter vehicle quality standards.

• CROSS-BORDER CRACKDOWN: TELFORD COUNCIL TARGETS WOLVERHAMPTON VEHICLES

  Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire Councils, and Police have joined forces for a groundbreaking cross-border operation targeting non-compliant and unsafe licensed taxis.

• ASSOCIATED TAXIS, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, JOINS THE TAKE ME GROUP

  Associated Taxis, Bishop's Stortford's leading taxi service provider has officially joined The Take Me Group, becoming part of the UK's largest collective of taxi operators.

• CHANCELLOR'S PROPOSED TAXI TAX COULD HAVE DAMAGING CONSEQUENCES FOR VULNERABLE PASSENGERS

  Layla Barke-Jones represented Delta Taxis in the case that successfully defended the right of operators outside London to avoid charging VAT on all fares.

• GLASGOW TAXI DRIVER RACIALLY ABUSED AND THREATENED IN "UNACCEPTABLE" INCIDENT

  A Glasgow taxi firm, Apex Journeys, has condemned the "unacceptable" racial abuse and threats directed at one of its drivers while he was working.

• MILLIONS UNSPENT: NEWCASTLE CAZ VEHICLE GRANT SCHEME SET TO CLOSE ON JANUARY 2026

  Newcastle’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is set to close on January 30 next year, with approximately £8 million of the original £15 million still unspent.

• POLICE SEEK TAXI DRIVER AS KEY WITNESS AFTER ATTEMPTED RAPE CHARGE IN MANSFIELD

  Officers were called to The Park in Mansfield around 8am on Saturday, November 15, after reports of an attack on a woman in her 30s.

• BRADFORD TAXI DRIVERS FACE 18 FINES FOR SMOKING IN LICENSED VEHICLES

  Of the 18 fines issued in the Bradford area, 16 were paid promptly at the reduced rate of £30, while the remaining two were settled at the standard rate of £50.

• SOUTHAMPTON TAXI DRIVERS PUSH FOR PRIVATE HIRE WORK AMID 'UBER INFLUX'

  Currently, licensed hackney carriages in the city are prohibited from undertaking private hire work within Southampton, while private hire vehicles licensed elsewhere are free to operate in the area.

• 'UNREALISTIC ACCOUNT' COSTS BOLTON CAB DRIVER HIS LICENCE AFTER POLICE FIND £5,200 CASH

  The driver was arrested in September 2024, for the alleged offence of supplying controlled drugs and money laundering, according to minutes published from a Bolton council licensing panel meeting.

• MANCHESTER AIRPORT ALTERS TAXI DROP OFFS AT TERMINAL 2 TO COMBAT CONGESTION

  Passengers arriving via private hire or taxi will now be directed to the Lower T2 Drop-Off Forecourt instead of the Upper Forecourt.

• ABERDEEN STREETS TO SLOW DOWN AS NEW 20MPH LIMIT ENFORCED

  Aberdeen City Council has begun installing new 20mph speed limit signs across the north of the city, with the lower limit taking immediate effect on a rolling basis from Monday, November 17.

• NEW ZEALAND SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS RULING UBER DRIVERS DEEMED EMPLOYEES

  The decision stems from a 2022 case where four Uber drivers successfully argued in the Employment Court that they should be classified as employees, making them entitled to benefits like leave entitlements, holiday pay a