Bolt warns sweeping out-of-area taxi licence suspension powers could risk sidelining tens of thousands of private hire drivers
Ride-hailing giant Bolt has warned that proposed new enforcement powers allowing licensing authorities to suspend entire private hire operator licences could risk preventing tens of thousands of drivers from working, as the Government moves forward with reforms to taxi and private hire vehicle regulation in England. The intervention comes as peers in the House of Lords revisit cross-border hiring rules, part of a broader push to modernise national taxi and PHV standards for t
Perry Richardson
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Union backs calls for new Crime and Policing Bill to cover targeted assaults on ALL transport workers including taxi and PHV drivers
The GMB Union has called for a new standalone criminal offence covering assaults on transport workers, aligning with demands raised at the London Assembly Transport Committee amid mounting evidence of abuse across the sector. The union said current legislative proposals fail to recognise the scale of violence faced by transport staff, despite provisions within the Crime and Policing Bill that would introduce a specific offence for assaults on retail workers, carrying a maximu
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‘CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE’: Crawley Borough Council warns cross-border taxi hiring risks safety and fair competition
Crawley Borough Council has formally raised concerns over the growing prevalence of cross-border taxi and private hire vehicle operations, warning that current legislation is undermining local safety standards and creating unfair market conditions. The issue was debated at a Full Council meeting on 25 March, where councillors approved a motion highlighting how provisions within the Deregulation Act 2015 are being used by some drivers and operators to work predominantly outsid
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