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Concerns over so-called licence shopping in the taxi and private hire sector moved centre stage as MPs questioned a Government minister on wide variations in licensing standards across England, with City of Wolverhampton Council repeatedly cited as a focal point during parliamentary evidence. During an evidence session of the Transport Committee’s inquiry into taxi and private h...


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Manchester City Council has granted a new private hire driver licence subject to a formal warning after a Licensing and Appeals Sub Committee considered a mobile phone offence that resulted in penalty points. The decision was made at a hearing on 22 December 2025 , where councillors reviewed an application from the driver. The Sub Committee heard that the driver had been convict...


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Taxi and private hire vehicle work was repeatedly cited as a frontline casualty of airport drop-off charging during a Westminster Hall debate on 13 January, as MPs pressed ministers on whether regulation is needed to curb what one speaker called “unfair, confusing and punitive” systems. The session , chaired by Valerie Vaz, was opened by Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP for Bolton Sout...


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A new taxi booking app designed exclusively for hackney carriage drivers has been launched in Milton Keynes, positioning itself as a locally focused alternative to private hire platforms that dominate app-based bookings in the area. The platform, branded Be Taxi , is targeted solely at licensed hackney carriage drivers operating in the city. Its developers say the app is intende...


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Image credit: CMT CMT has begun rolling out its new V2 card payment system after completing a significant hardware upgrade, introducing a new generation of payment terminals for London taxi drivers. The V2 platform replaces CMT’s existing payment technology and has been designed specifically for the London taxi market. The company said the system meets current Transport for Lond...


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