New national standards on taxi licensing proposed to protect passengers
Ministers will change the law to strengthen safety and protections for passengers in taxi and private hire vehicles (PHVs). The proposed new standards come after Baroness Casey’s audit into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, which was published in June of this year. Since then, the government has acted fast to keep passengers and young […]
The SIA is updating its licensing criteria
We are updating our licensing criteria to improve standards in the private security industry and so better protect the public. We conducted a public consultation about this from 11 March 2025 to 20 May 2025. We received 3,392 responses. Read more about the consultation. From 1 December we will use the updated rules when: you […]
The new Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway welcomes first investigational products
Three potential therapies – including one that could be a lifeline for babies born with a fatal metabolic disorder and another for boys with the muscle-wasting condition Duchenne muscular dystrophy – have become the first to enter a new UK scheme designed to help promising new medicines reach NHS patients faster. The candidates are recipients […]