00:00Liverpool council leaders say local taxi drivers are being undercut by operators licensed far
00:06outside the city. This has raised concerns about fairness, standards and passenger safety.
00:13Council leader Liam Robinson says cross-border hiring creates enforcement difficulties and
00:18pressures for Liverpool cabbies who meet stricter local requirements.
00:24Different figures show hundreds of drivers with Liverpool postcodes were licensed by Wolverhampton
00:30council, where most licenses are issued to out-of-area drivers. The Department for Transport
00:37has launched a consultation on taxi licensing, acknowledging challenges to standards between
00:43councils.
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