Over a century since their first arrival, the paper driving licence is set to be phased out from the start of 2015. Since its introduction in 1903, the paper licence has been a compulsory part of being permitted to drive. However new cost saving measures announced in 2011 are to be brought in to replace […]

After the abolition of the tax disc on 1st October 2014, it appears that there is another DVLA change on the horizon. From January 2015, the paper part of the driving licence will officially disappear as the DVLA continues to transfer motorists’ records online. Last October, the Department for Transport launched a review into the […]

Driving licence fees are set to fall by up to 32% under plans announced today by Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and Transport Minister Claire Petty. The proposals to reduce the fees have been set out in a public consultation on driver licensing fees. The consultation sets out a proposed reduction in driving […]

By autumn 2014, insurers will be able to access DVLA records online due to a MyLicence initiative as part of a government pledge to transfer services online. This will lead to cheaper insurance. At the moment, insurers cannot check licence records when selling policies which leads to insurers adding in risk facts such as mistakes […]

You must obtain a UK provisional driving licence before you can start your driving lessons, sit the Theory Test or take your Practical Test. You can apply for your provisional driving licence up to three months before your 17th birthday, but you will not be able to taking any lessons before you turn 17. You […]

The DVLA is warning motorists that posting images of your driving licence on social media websites can put you at a high risk of identity fraud. The Agency has been made aware of instances where fraudsters have been using pictures of genuine driving licences that have been posted on social media websites, as part of […]

10,797 drivers with fewer than two years’ experience lost their licences in 2012 a Freedom of Information request to the DVLA has found. Drivers who receive six or more points within the first two years of driving automatically have their licence revoked. More than half of the licences revoked were found without insurance, with speeding […]

A review by the Department for Transport has called for elderly drivers to be allowed to continue driving until they are 80 before having to renew their licences, making the DVLA, who are struggling under the weight of renewal applications, more efficient. Safety campaigners, however, warn that the move could cost lives and insist that […]

These Rules are in addition to those in the following sections which apply to all vehicles. See also ‘Motorcycle licence requirements’. If you have a provisional motorcycle licence, you MUST satisfactorily complete a Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) course. You can then ride on the public road, with L plates (in Wales either D plates, L […]

A Lithuanian man has been jailed for five years for his part in an illegal identity racket, in which a variety of false identities were used on forged passports, driving licences and identity cards. One of the many identities erroneously used was none other than that of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Tugusi – […]