The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) has called on the Government to guarantee priority fuel access for private hire vehicle drivers if petrol shortages worsen because of global supply disruption linked to the escalating conflict involving Iran. The union said licensed PHV drivers should be explicitly included in the National Emergency Plan for Fuel, known as NEP-F, with the same access to priority refuelling arrangements already afforded to emergency services and public t

Introducing national limits on taxi and private hire driver working hours would require a significant overhaul of the current legal and regulatory framework, with multiple barriers to overcome before any policy could be enforced consistently. At present, taxi and private hire drivers in England operate largely as self-employed licence holders under local authority control. This creates an immediate legal challenge. Unlike employees or drivers of heavy goods and public service

London’s black cab industry is facing what has been described as its most serious challenge to date, with concerns mounting over declining driver numbers, regulatory delays and the potential impact of autonomous vehicle technology. In a featured opinion piece published in the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association’s (LTDA) TAXI Newspaper , Hina Bokhari OBE AM, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group in the London Assembly, said the sector is already experiencing significant strain,