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Liverpool City Council brings taxi and PHV checks to Labour Party Conference highlighting cross-border licensing debate

Liverpool City Council’s licensing team carried out enforcement activity around the Labour Party Conference, held in the city last week. The council said checks found “compliance was generally high”, ...
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Basingstoke and Deane Council set to keep taxi fares unchanged after rejecting 30p increase despite huge spike in running costs for cabbies

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s Cabinet is being asked to keep hackney carriage fares unchanged after trade ...
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Uber to remove Share from UberX after GMB members raise concerns

Uber will remove its Share product from UberX in October after GMB members raised concerns about how shared journeys worked, ...
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Cumberland opens taxi fare consultation as £7 two-mile tariff moves closer to introduction

Cumberland Council has formally opened consultation on proposed hackney carriage fares that could increase the cost of taxi ...
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FRESH RULES: New right-to-work Home Office guidance tells councils when taxi and PHV licences must be refused

The Home Office has updated its guidance on preventing illegal working in the UK taxi and private hire sector, setting out ...