The government will press on with reforming taxi licensing to clamp down on out-of-area taxi work, after some details were set out in the King's Speech on Wednesday. Wolverhampton has been dubbed the "taxi capital" of the UK as the city council has become the largest licensing authority in England. But details in the speech on a draft Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Bill stated: "Without a closer match between where licences are issued and where journeys take place, enforcement activity and resources remain misaligned, limiting effectiveness and undermining public confidence." The City of Wolverhampton Council said it "wholeheartedly" supported any government plans for reform. Ministers first stated in January that they were to overhaul the practice of out-of-area taxi work, in which drivers get a licence in one place but operate mainly in another. Up to 96% of taxi driver licences issued in Wolverhampton between April 2023 and the end of March 2024 were for people living outside of the city. In November, figures showed the council had licensed 33,893 private hire vehicles in 2025, compared to 10,768 in 2020.