Taxi & Private Hire News
The latest UK news for taxi, private hire and rideshare drivers, and what it means for you.
Last updated 26 Feb 2026 · 221 storiesDundee taxi fare hike approved by councillors
The Courier
Dundee City Council's licencing committee met on Thursday to discuss an annual review of taxi hire charges.
Read more →Self-driving taxis hit London, a city with such complex streets that it has a ‘Knowledge’ test that takes cabbies years to pass
Fortune
The autonomous vehicle from British startup Wayve Technologies is on a test run ahead of the U.K. government’s robotaxi trials set to launch in the spring. Tech companies including U.S. company Waymo…
Read more →Casey review on taxi hire must be implemented, to protect women and vulnerable
Unite the Union
The government must urgently implement Baroness Casey’s recommendations on ending cross border taxi hiring, drivers will tell MPs this Wednesday (25 February).
Read more →Taxi driver brutally attacked in Wigan after he's sent to 2am booking
Manchester Evening News
The victim was working a night shift in Wigan on December 29 when he was suddenly targeted by two masked thugs
Read more →Unite urges reforms to taxi licensing to protect passengers
LocalGov
Unite has called on the Government to implement the recommendations of the 2025 Casey review on taxi and private hire licensing, citing ongoing safeguarding concerns.
Read more →Cab driver jailed for raping woman who fell asleep in his car
Metro
A predatory taxi driver has been jailed for raping a sleeping passenger after carrying her to bed.
Read more →'Dangerous sexual predator' guilty of raping woman who mistook him for her taxi driver on Leeds night out
Yorkshire Evening Post
A “dangerous sexual predator” who picked up a woman who thought he was the taxi she ordered has been found guilty of raping her.
Read more →Concerns over impact of unlicensed taxi services
BBC News
Unlicensed taxi drivers should face tougher penalties in Jersey, a politician has said.
Read more →Mum asks to be sent to prison over taxi rank incident – and gets her wish
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-asks-sent-prison-over-36733903
Denice Finnigan pleaded with a judge to send her to prison after she carried out several random attacks against members of the public - one victim said she was left in 'fear and pain'
Read more →Taxi drivers could face new rules on medical checks and criminal record screenings
STV News
Drivers who have lived abroad may be required to provide criminal record checks to South Ayrshire Council under the proposals
Read more →Taxi fares to rise above inflation to curb exodus of London cabbies - now at a 50-year low
The Standard
Taxi fares are to increase above inflation in the latest bid to curb the exodus of London black cab drivers – now at their lowest number for 50 years.
Read more →Driver opposition over introducing mandatory CCTV in taxis
The Argus
Drivers and members of the public are split over council plans to make CCTV mandatory in licensed taxi vehicles.
Read more →Councillor hails high taxi standards in Barnsley
Barnsley Chronicle
Councillor Andy Wray, who represents the Rockingham ward, recently had the opportunity to attend the private hire and taxi enforcement evening - an experience that turned out to be far more…
Read more →Uber applies for Fife booking office as local taxi drivers hit out
The Courier
Uber Scot Limited applied for a 24/7 licence in Unit 18 at Rosyth Business Centre on January 23.
Read more →A bid to run a taxi-hire business from a house in Bolton has been rejected for using more than one private hire vehicle.
The Bolton News
A certificate of lawfulness application was submitted to Bolton Council requesting that the homeowner be allowed to take private bookings from the home on Manchester Road.
Read more →Moray taxi driver left with bloodied and swollen nose after offshore worker headbutted him
Forres Gazette
An offshore worker who headbutted a taxi driver and ripped out parts of the vehicle’s interior during a late-night disturbance has been fined.
Read more →Thugs hijacked taxi and threatened to stab driver
Coventry Live
Ian Giles, top, and Jason Dalton, hijacked a taxi and threatened the driver before demanding he drop them in Canley
Read more →Man pretends to be taxi driver before sex attack in Nottingham Lidl car park
The Mirror
Kelvin Ndoro tricked his victim into thinking he was a taxi driver before he sexually assaulted her in a Lidl car park in the early hours of the morning
Read more →Taxi driver and passenger wanted after racist abuse hurled at woman in Sheffield city centre
The Star
A taxi driver and his passenger are wanted for allegedly shouting threats and racist abuse at a woman in Sheffield.
Read more →Taxi driver, 66, dies in horror car crash that left second man, 18, dead as family pays tribute
The Sun
THE family of an “immensely popular” taxi driver has paid moving tribute to his memory after he died in a horrific crash.
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