Around 100 Wolverhampton based private hire taxi and black cab drivers are expected to gather this afternoon to decide action over new rules which will see them have to take extra courses. Around 100 ...

Wolverhampton council has reached an agreement with Wolverhampton Private Hire Drivers Association (WPHDA) following successful talks. Last autumn the association organised a go-slow protest around ...

It’s now a familiar sight on Greater Manchester’s streets – taxis with ‘out of town’ plates. A recent investigation found that more than a third of private hire drivers – who work for companies like ...

Almost 2,000 taxi drivers living and working in Derby are licenced with Wolverhampton City Council – amid claims “out-of-town licences are easier and cheaper”. A Freedom of Information request showed ...

The number of ‘out of area’ licences issued in Wolverhampton far exceeds the number granted to local taxi drivers On a rainy day in Manchester, crowds stream out of Piccadilly station and wait for ...

Councillor John Thompson, a member of Telford & Wrekin Council's licensing committee, praised those licensed by other local authorities but said drivers from the city “need better training” before ...

More than a third of private hire taxi drivers in a region are licensed by a council about 80 miles away, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. Data showed almost 9,000 drivers registered ...