What happens when you get points on your licence?
The ban, the insurer and the council each use a different clock, and a borrowed car does not bring its own cover.
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What skills do taxi and PHV drivers really need?
Required vs expected: driving, navigation, English, first aid — and who sets the bar.
The Knowledge: how to become a London cabbie
All London still takes three to four years, 320 Blue Book runs and a stack of TfL fees before the badge.
EU Platform Work Directive: what UK taxi drivers need to know
How the EU gig-app law works, when it bites, and why most UK drivers sit outside it — for now.
Global diesel prices: why the same fuel is priced so differently
Taxes and subsidies — not local oil wells — explains most of the gulf between cheap and costly diesel.
Child seats in taxis and PHVs: what the law really says
Age, height, who is liable, taxi exceptions, equipment duties, prosecutions and whether councils can rewrite the rules.
What counts as a taxi: cars, tuk-tuks and beyond
From hackneys and yellow cabs to rickshaws, tuk-tuks and apps — how for-hire transport evolved, and what comes next.
Hackney carriage: from hire horses to legal taxis
How a London place-name became Britain’s legal word for a street-hail cab — and why it isn’t only the UK.
SEND school transport: who gets it, who drives it, who pays
How UK home-to-school SEND transport works, why councils differ, what it costs, and the checks drivers need.
From fare books to phone apps: the story of the taxi meter
How Britain priced a ride before Bruhn’s taximeter, why sealed MID meters still matter, and where apps leave the law.
Diesel at £2: inside the UK fuel price crisis
From Hormuz disruption to the G7 stock release — how diesel hit a record high and what comes next.