Transport for London (TfL) look to be undertaking a significant internal restructure that will see its Taxi and Private Hire Department rebranded and expanded into a much broader unit, for the first time without the word taxi appearing in its title. The move folds the regulation of London’s taxi and private hire trades into a new department with responsibility for a wide range of transport services. According to trade sources , the new unit will be known as ‘Sponsored Service

A reduction in school transport payments secured by the Education Authority has been formally recognised in the Northern Ireland Assembly as a ‘challenge’ for taxi firms, amid wider concerns that falling fares combined with rising operating costs could make parts of the industry unviable. The issue was raised during oral questions to the Department of Education on 2 February , when Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson highlighted that “an agreement on savings of nearly £1 million has

Local authorities are being pressed to account in detail for the financial, staffing and enforcement consequences of a proposed overhaul of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing, under a consultation launched by the Department for Transport that could reshape how the sector is regulated in England. The consultation, which opened on 8 January and runs until 1 April 2026, examines whether responsibility for taxi and private hire licensing should be transferred from the curren