A private hire driver in Cambridgeshire has had his licence suspended after cancelling a booking when he discovered the passenger was blind and travelling with a guide dog. South Cambridgeshire District Council confirmed that Muhammad Ramiz, 39, received a three-month suspension following an appeal hearing at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court earlier this month. The case centred on an incident in May 2025 when a blind passenger booked a private hire vehicle through an operator. Th

Uber drivers are increasingly speaking openly about burnout linked to long working hours, passenger interaction fatigue and pressure to meet earnings goals, according to a debate amongst drivers that has highlighted the battle of fatigue on app-based transport work. A discussion on a forum dedicated to Uber drivers attracted dozens of responses from drivers describing exhaustion, stress and declining motivation linked to the realities of rideshare driving not just linked to U

The Government’s proposed Draft Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Bill contains a relatively brief commitment to “support a thriving, professional sector by creating clearer rules to enable fair competition”, but within the taxi and PHV industry that single sentence could carry major implications for app-based booking models and the long-running debate around plying-for-hire. For decades, the distinction between licensed taxis and private hire vehicles has rested on a fundamental