Taxi drivers’ fury at 134% licence fee hike

Taxi drivers’ fury at 134% licence fee hikeTAXI drivers in Newport say council proposals to increase vehicle licence fees by up to 134 per cent could see their businesses go under.
Newport Hackney Drivers Association chairman Lionel Morris, branded the plans “ridiculous” and said drivers were already struggling to cope with falling trade and the rising price of fuel without having to incur further costs.
Newport City Council is proposing to raise the amount drivers pay to licence themselves and their cars, as well as operators fees for taxi firms.

Bouncers asked to help control illegal cab drivers

Bouncers asked to help control illegal cab drivers
BOUNCERS from a town centre night club could increase the amount of time they spend monitoring a taxi rank to stop people using unlawful vehicles.
Door staff from Liquid and Envy, High Street, Colchester, organise the queue for the taxi rank opposite the club from 3am

Aberdeen: Limit on city taxis could be restored

Aberdeen: Limit on city taxis could be restored
A cap on the number of taxis in Aberdeen could be brought back in amid pleas from drivers who are struggling with soaring costs.

Councillors have asked local authority officials to investigate proposals for a survey to be carried out on Aberdeen’s taxi trade. The move followed a request from drivers and could lead to the return of a limit on the number of taxis allowed to operate in the city – five years after a similar cap was scrapped......

Kirklees taxi drivers to strike over penalty points system

Kirklees taxi drivers to strike over penalty points system
HUNDREDS of Huddersfield taxi drivers have voted to strike over a new penalty points system.

Kirklees Council last week agreed to the regime – which would run alongside the official penalty points system governing all motorists.

From January 1, 2012, cabbies will be penalised for offences including failing to pick up a fare; driving while using a mobile and failing to wear an official badge.

Any driver who racks up 12 points in a year could be stripped of...