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Figures from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency have revealed that were 54,830 stolen vehicles reported in 2025. That equates to six an hour, or one every 10 minutes. This […]

Drivers have been warned that six little-known DVLA rules could result in hefty fines over the winter. Driving with snow or ice on the number plate, removing a coat while […]

Fleets are risking General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines by using an employee’s National Insurance (NI) numbers for driving licence checking. Fleets should ask drivers to enter their own NI […]

The DVLA has announced new rules around car repairs, restorations and modernisations. The new policies mean that drivers will no longer need to report like-for-like repairs and restorations to the […]

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will launch a dedicated online electric vehicle grant portal. The government unveiled the new electric vehicle grant this week, offering car buyers up […]

More than two million motorists in the UK have admitted to remaining behind the wheel after their driving licence has expired. According to research carried out by Confused.com, six per […]

DVLA data has revealed that the Ford Fiesta was the most stolen car in the UK last year. Analysis of the data carried out by motor insurer tempcover found that […]

The UK’s drink driving hotspots have been revealed in a new Freedom of Information request to the DVLA. According to the new data, Northampton had the highest number of motorists […]

Van thefts in the UK approached 12,000 between October 2022 and 2023, according to figures from the DVLA. Travis Perkins obtained the figures through a Freedom of Information request. They revealed […]

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has launched a new car tax service supporting drivers who have lost their V5C log books. Previously, drivers without a log book would […]

New data has revealed that 360,000 fewer 17- to 26-year-olds hold a full driving licence in 2023 compared with five years ago. This represents a drop of 9.2%. According to […]

The number of parking tickets issued by private companies in the UK rose by 29% in the year leading up to March. According to data from the Driver and Vehicle […]