Drivers who commit hours offences may be subject to fixed penalty notices if the offences are detected up to 28 days afterwards, under changes planned for October of this year. [...]

Volumetric ‘batch’ concrete mixers may be brought into the scope of operator licensing when a current Department for Transport (DfT) consultation concludes. The trucks are currently held to be ‘plant’ [...]

The Highways Agency’s transformation from government agency to government-owned company will be accompanied by a rebrand, the government has announced. The agency, which operates and maintains England’s strategic road network [...]

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said it has convinced the government to delay its plans to abolish the paper counterpart to the driving licence, asserting that the electronic system [...]

Transport industry trade associations have offered a lukewarm reaction to the chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement – noting his reiteration that fuel duty will remain frozen for the rest of [...]

The Department for Transport (DfT) has unveiled the full details of a planned £15 billion of investment in England’s road network, which was trailled by the prime minister David Cameron [...]

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it intends to go ahead with an increased national speed limit for heavy goods vehicles on dual carriageways in England and Wales, [...]

New financial levels now apply for the processing of operator licence applications and continuations, the Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) has confirmed. Both new applicants and existing operators are [...]

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said it is ‘relieved’ by the findings of the Smith Commission, which has reported on its recommendations to the UK government for the further [...]