Two Bradford-licensed private hire drivers and their vehicles were suspended during a joint taxi licensing enforcement operation in Barnsley town centre. The static night-time operation took place on 18 July 2026 and involved Barnsley Council licensing officers, South Yorkshire Police and licensing teams from Bradford and Wolverhampton councils. A total of 43 hackney carriage and private hire drivers and vehicles were stopped and inspected, according to an enforcement report

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 existing licence holders from 1 September 2026. The 130-page Version 6.0 document sets out how TfL will assess applications, driver conduct and continued fitness to hold a licence. The changes range from clarifications to existing requirements through to new sections dealing with cycling offences, unpai

GMB Union has warned that plans to expand autonomous passenger services in London are “premature” without measures to protect professional drivers from potential economic disruption. The warning follows the launch of supervised autonomous rides by Uber and Wayve in the capital, which allows passengers booking selected Uber services to be matched with an autonomous Ford Mustang Mach-E. The vehicles currently operate with a trained Transport for London licensed private hire dri