A LIVERPOOL private hire driver who picked up passengers illegally has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 in fines and court costs.
Safety conscious licensing officers with Liverpool City Council have introduced a new tool in the continuing challenge to make the public aware of the pitfalls of plying for hire.
Taxi licensing officials in Liverpool have issued scores of cautions and defect notices to private hire and hackney drivers over the last month in a bid to improve standards and enforce the law.
Eleven private hire taxi drivers have appeared in court charged with a variety of offences following a crackdown in Liverpool.
