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.