Liverpool City Council is considering the mandatory display of passenger feedback QR codes across its entire licensed taxi and private hire vehicle fleet. The proposal forms part of a draft Inclusive Service Plan due to be considered by the council’s General Purposes Licensing Committee on Thursday 24 September 2026. If approved, every licensed vehicle would have to display a QR code linked to the council’s “Have Your Say” system. Passengers would be able to use the platform

Liverpool City Council is moving to strengthen drug testing within its taxi and private hire licensing regime after 12 licensed drivers had their licences revoked following tests that identified drug use. The authority has operated a drug-testing policy for licensed drivers for around seven years. Newly reported council figures show that approximately 630 drivers, equivalent to about 13% of the city’s nearly 4,800 licensed taxi and private hire drivers, have been tested durin

Sir John Griffin, the founder of private hire operator Addison Lee, has lost a tax tribunal battle against HM Revenue and Customs and must pay more than £20.5m in additional tax after judges ruled he was domiciled in England and Wales throughout the tax years in dispute, not Ireland as he had claimed. In a decision published on 15 September 2026, the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) dismissed Griffin's appeal against HMRC assessments covering the tax years 2013/14 to 2019/20