LIVERPOOL

Council prosecutes 53 taxi and private hire drivers - these were their offences

The city council is clamping down on those not adhering to licensing laws

Liverpool City Council has prosecuted more than 50 taxi and private hire drivers.

The council is behind a major move to drive-up the standards of the trade in the city and has stepped up its enforcement operation against drivers who don't comply with the law.

Those targeted had committed a wide range of offences, ranging from illegally plying for hire to driving without insurance.

The majority of drivers prosecuted hailed from Liverpool - but there was also one punishment handed out to someone in the city from as far away as Blackburn.

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Further news from Liverpool this week, A leading Garage in that City, was to be appointed the Agent for the new LEVC TX5.

It was a requirement of this agent to install £80 grands worth of equipment to enable them to fulfil this deal.

After feedback from the trade, they have, quite
reasonably in my opinion, decided to cancel that arrangement.

If , and I say if, anybody were to purchase an LEVC in Liverpool, they may have to nip over to Manchester to have it maintained. They should get here without having to stop on the way to recharge the vehicle, but they will need to charge it to get home.

In addition to this, sources say that the Chinese owners of LEVC have requested that the UK government raise the electric vehicle grant from £45000 per unit too £16k per unit. Otherwise they insist they will have to lay off workers at the factory.

This whole project is doomed, it was as soon as the Chinese were allowed to bankrupt the original LTI business and then buy it back for peanuts.