Compulsory licensing scheme announced in Queen’s speech

The government signalled a crackdown on cowboy wheel-clampers today.

In the Queen’s speech it was announced that legislation would be introduced so that there is a compulsory licensing scheme for all wheel-clamping businesses.

Clamping on private land has been outlawed in Scotland since 1992, but has carried on in England and Wales.

The [...]

Swinford toll bridge earns around £190,000 a year and will set potential buyers back about £1.25m

It’s enough to make the Three Billy Goats Gruff trip over in glee: the chance to own your very own working toll bridge – one that also doubles as a private tax haven.

Swinford toll bridge near the village of Eynsham in [...]

Mayor of London says his efforts to generate a ‘cycling revolution’ in the capital will not be ‘politically cost-free’

Boris Johnson admitted today he feared that motorists would “turn” on him for trying to get Londoners on their bikes.

The Conservative mayor of London expressed fears that his efforts to encourage people to use cycling as their main mode of transport would [...]

Under the New Drivers Act your driving licence will be revoked if you build up six or more penalty points within two years of passing your first driving test. You’ll need to reapply for your driving licence as a learner driver and resit your driving test.

Penalty points gained before passing your driving test
Any penalty points you [...]

Motoring taxes have been handled so badly that drivers no longer trust what ministers say the charges pay for, an MPs’ report says.

Inconsistency over justification for green taxes “tarnished their image”, according to the transport committee.

Ministers should also abandon the link between unpopular congestion charge schemes and transport funding, it adds.

The government said billions had been [...]