“Thousands impacted” by new wave of car tax scams

Fake car tax scams, purporting to be official DVLA communication, are causing major personal data breaches, impacting thousands of vulnerable road users, a new report has suggested. Thousands of drivers have fallen victim to the realistic-looking scams, with gullible motorists tricked into paying car taxes and other service fees into fraudulent accounts. According to new […]

Government launches Automated Vehicles Act implementation programme

The Labour Government has issued a major update on the future of automated vehicles with the UK primed to bring in “revolutionary” changes. The Automated Vehicles Act was passed through Parliament in 2024, but now the Government has launched a new programme, the Automated Vehicles Act Implementation Programme, with the goal of the safe deployment of […]

Government launches review of DVLA

The government has launched an independent review of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency with the aim of ensuring “it can continue to provide excellent customer-focused digital services to keep drivers and vehicles on the road simply, safely and efficiently”. The DVLA maintains the correct registration and licensing of over 50 million driver records and […]