Taxi and private hire vehicle drivers have welcomed proposals from West Suffolk Council to change part of its licensing emissions policy. Under its current policy, West Suffolk Council requires all new taxis or private hire vehicles to be less than five years old. But on Tuesday the council’s Cabinet will consider recommendations to replace that part of its policy with a recognised emissions standard West Suffolk Council wrote to drivers as part of a public consultation on the move in early March. More than 84 per cent of those who responded were in favour of the change.