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  • STAYING LEGAL: What turns an app request into a lawful private hire booking?
  • EXECUTIVE STATUS: Why a chauffeur car can be unplated and still remain a licensed private hire vehicle
  • Wolverhampton private hire driver has licence REVOKED after Liverpool city centre plying-for-hire investigation

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

STAYING LEGAL: What turns an app request into a lawful private hire booking?

A private hire vehicle journey must be booked through a licensed private hire operator before the passenger is collected, even when the request is made through a mobile application...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 day ago

EXECUTIVE STATUS: Why a chauffeur car can be unplated and still remain a licensed private hire vehicle

A discreet executive car may look nothing like a conventional minicab. That does not mean it sits outside the private hire licensing system. The Department for Transport considers...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 week ago

Wolverhampton private hire driver has licence REVOKED after Liverpool city centre plying-for-hire investigation

A Wolverhampton-licensed private hire vehicle (PHV) driver has lost their licence after Liverpool City Council enforcement officers reported suspected illegal plying for hire durin...

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taxi-point.co.uk /6 days ago

England has more PHV licences that taxis, but that does not explain who or when the vehicles are in operation

A growing number of licensed drivers sounds like good news for anyone trying to book a car. It is however less reassuring for the taxi sector struggling to recruit another driver t...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

The private hire map that raises new CROSS BORDER questions: Why are hundreds of operators licensing with smaller counci...

London remains England’s largest private hire vehicle operator licensing authority, but new figures reveal that several comparatively small councils are issuing hundreds of operato...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Out-of-area Wolverhampton private hire driver prosecuted for illegally plying for hire in Liverpool

Liverpool City Council has successfully prosecuted a Wolverhampton-licensed private hire vehicle driver for illegally plying for hire in Liverpool. The case followed an incident in...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

RISING PROBLEM: TfL issued 212 warning letters to private hire vehicles parked on London taxi ranks in 2025

Transport for London (TfL) issued 212 warning or advisory letters to private hire vehicles parked on taxi ranks in London during 2025, according to information released under the F...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 week ago

Liverpool licensed private hire vehicle suspended after driver discovers cracked tyre following kerb impact

Image credit: LCC Licensing Liverpool City Council licensing officers have suspended a private hire vehicle until a damaged tyre was replaced, warning drivers to inspect their vehi...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

TfL say just 41 of its thousands of private hire drivers applied using a non-UK driving licence although some manual che...

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that 41 currently licensed private hire drivers applied using a non-UK driving licence, following a Freedom of Information request publishe...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 week ago

UNIQUE SELLING POINTS: Why the words taxi, hackney carriage, minicab and private hire matter more than ever before

Few modern industries conduct daily business under terminology inherited from horse-drawn transport. Taxi licensing does exactly that. “Hackney carriage” survives in legislation, c...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Greater Manchester private hire drivers handed £2,500 vehicle upgrade lifeline as new £2m grant fund opens

Greater Manchester has launched details of a new £2 million Private Hire Vehicle Support Fund, offering eligible locally licensed PHV owners grants of up to £2,500 towards replacin...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Wolverhampton PHV explosion laid bare in fresh DfT taxi stats as council licenses nearly 38,000 vehicles and takes 13% o...

New Department for Transport (DfT) data has revealed the authorities licensing Britain’s largest private hire vehicle fleets, with Wolverhampton emerging as an extraordinary nation...

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taxi-point.co.uk /2 days ago

London private hire vehicles face zero-emission licensing rules as TfL launches fresh consultation

Image credit: Transport for London Transport for London (TfL) has opened a consultation on plans to require newly licensed private hire vehicles (PHVs) in the capital to be zero-em...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Private hire operators scramble to meet updated right-to-work responsibilities as new Home Office rule targeting subcont...

From 1 October 2026, expanded Home Office rules will place new right-to-work responsibilities on some taxi and private hire operators, including businesses engaging self-employed d...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Nearly a QUARTER of authorities restrict taxi numbers, so why does Government REFUSE to shift on granting similar powers...

Nearly a quarter of English licensing authorities continue to restrict the number of taxis they will license, raising fresh questions over why similar powers remain unavailable for...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

TOTTING UP: Police stop private hire driver travelling to pick up passenger with illegal tyre who now faces 12 point cou...

A private hire driver with 12 points on their DVLA record is set to appear before magistrates after police discovered a tyre with less than the minimum legal tread depth. The local...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

TfL makes several London taxi and private hire licensing policy changes as new rules target driver debts and app account...

Transport for London (TfL) has updated its policy governing London taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers, introducing a series of amendments affecting new applicants and exis...

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taxi-point.co.uk /2 weeks ago

TAXIS AND PHVS INCLUDED: Alps extends pothole insurance cover to fleet and hire and reward vehicles

Alps has extended its Pothole Add-On policy to include fleet and hire and reward vehicles, widening cover that first launched in April 2026. The company said the extensions were in...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Out-of-area Sefton private hire driver faces court after Liverpool test purchase operation

A Sefton-licensed private hire driver is set to be summoned following a test purchase operation in Liverpool city centre. Liverpool City Council licensing enforcement officers appr...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Wiltshire taxi trade transformed as Uber drivers abandon hackney carriage licences for private hire, say council

Wiltshire Council has reported a growing number of drivers registering with Uber following the ride-hailing company’s licensing in the county. The expansion of the platform has coi...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

East Herts Council considers fresh taxi and private hire policy changes after consultation

East Herts Council’s Licensing Committee is set to consider a series of proposed changes to its hackney carriage and private hire policies after officers recommended that the wordi...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Private hire operators face legal duty to carry out driver right to work checks from October

Private hire operators will face a clearer legal responsibility to prevent illegal working when changes to the Government’s Right to Work Scheme take effect on 1 October 2026. The...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Uber driver suspended for six weeks after unbooked Glasgow city centre pick-up

An Uber driver has had his private hire driver’s licence suspended for six weeks after picking up two people in Glasgow city centre without a booking. Alaa-Aldi Abdul Aleem collect...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

High Court allows landmark challenge to TfL private hire licence renewal system following delays leaving drivers out of...

The High Court has granted permission for a judicial review challenging Transport for London’s handling of private hire driver licence renewals, following claims that delays left t...

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