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

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 Home Office confirmed the position in response to a question from Shivani Raja, Conservative MP for Leicester East. Raja asked the department to explain the evidential basis for requiring private hire operators to conduct right to work checks on drivers. Jo White, Home Office Minister, said the chan

The Government has said the “overall uptake of automated vehicles is highly uncertain” and has declined to forecast what proportion of vehicle miles will be automated by 2035. The assessment was given by Transport Minister Justin Madders in response to a written parliamentary question from Alex Mayer, Labour MP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. Mayer asked the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate had been made of the proportion of vehicle miles expected to be auto