City of Wolverhampton Council was dubbed the UK's "taxi capital" in 2024 due to the amount of licences it issues, with several local authorities voicing concerns over safety risks for passengers and ...

Birmingham councillors have spoken out to condemn the apparently 'lax' taxi licensing regime that they say has operated for years in neighbouring Wolverhampton, undermining their efforts to tighten up ...

Safeguarding concerns have been raised over the high number of taxi licences being registered in Wolverhampton, despite many drivers not living there. It comes after Baroness Casey's review, published ...

Councillor Simon Bennett, leader of Wolverhampton's Conservative opposition group, said the city was paying the price for a 'national free for all' when it came to issuing taxi licences. In July the ...

Catch an Uber across Manchester and it's likely you'll notice an unfamiliar badge on the vehicle. Many of the cabs have Wolverhampton City Council plates, despite the driver operating halfway across ...

The number of ‘out of area’ licences issued in Wolverhampton far exceeds the number granted to local taxi drivers On a rainy day in Manchester, crowds stream out of Piccadilly station and wait for ...

These drivers are able to charge such low fares that they are undercutting local operators, affecting their livelihoods.

GMB Union claims the system in Wolverhampton is "creaking at the seams" [Getty Images] A council which gives out the largest number of taxi licences in England has been accused of "building a private ...