Category Archive: Passenger Information

Mar
17

TFL Drop DSA test for Private Hire Drivers.

Private Hire drivers and Chauffeurs will not face compulsory Driving Standards Authority, tests after the plans were dropped by TfL, following a successful campaign by the Licensed Private Hire Car Association. The proposals were dropped as hundreds of operators voted against the plans at the recent LPHCA AGM in London with the argument that introducing …

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Dec
19

Government Review on Enhanced CRB Checks for Taxi & Private Hire Drivers

Lord Henley, Minister for Crime Prevention, has announced that the Government will reconsider its view that enhanced criminal records checks are not needed for taxi and minicab drivers. The Criminal Records Bureau informed councils earlier this year that it was ending the 10-year practise of checking drivers through the enhanced check. Lord Henley made the …

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