From 2025 cumberlands new merged government are proposing new regulations regarding the taxi and private hire trade. Some of these regulations would put many small companies out of business and cumberland would lose more than 200 taxis, whilst there is already a severe shortage in the area.

Some of the taxis that would disappear include those who take you home from a night out, the ones who help your elderly family member in with their shopping. The vehicles who do home to school transport, adult social care transport and NHS transport which includes patients and staff , and even the local taxi who takes you to the airport for your holidays. This will effect the drivers you see every week as well as the operators who are running things behind the scenes

the councils have also mentioned a lift of the limits on the amount of vehicles allowed in the towns, meaning that drivers are more inclined to buy a £20,000 normal taxi than a £60,000 wheelchair accessible vehicle which causes there to be less and less vehicles for the disability community. As it stands caps are in place to help us provide more vehicles for the disability community 

There are other proposed rules and regulations which would cause significant issues to the taxi industry in the area and a list of these are being compiled to go alongside this petition 

We are asking as a united front of transport providers that you read and sign our petition to support us in making the changes more reasonable and realistic in the current economy, whilst helping us to continue providing the same standard of transport we do now and have done for many years 

our main aim is that the council will listen to our concerns and support us when finally making the new taxi policies