The proposed changes have been developed in consultation with the council's appointed testing garages.

The taxi fares review recommended the 25p addition as a short-term fix to help drivers manage spiking overheads, as weell as other changes to the scales.

Campaigners have spoken out after experiencing discrimination and service failures in Cardiff, where the number of WAV taxis has plummeted from 475 in 2010 to just 168 today.

The driver stated: "he had previously received penalty points which had fallen away" and admitted "on several occasions" he failed to notify a different licensing authority about his points

Harry Chinkumbi, 34, targeted a 24-year-old and her friend in the early hours of 22 September 2024 after they stated they could not get a taxi home from Glasgow city centre.

Lewisham councillor and Disabled People's Champion, Maria McKenna, endured a gruelling hour-long journey in her electronic wheelchair, after waiting nearly two hours for a vehicle that never arrived.

During a private meeting held without the press or public present, officials examined the driver's application and heard oral evidence from both the applicant and a licensing officer.

Abdul Nabizada, 36, was today sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh after being found guilty of a horrific attack on a 19-year-old woman who had trusted him to take her home safely.