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Rip-off driving licence website back at the top of Google searches

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Rip-off driving licence website back at the top of Google searches just months after our probe got it dropped By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2020 They’re back: Driving Licence Apply Ltd is paying to appear at the top of searches A … Read more

Legal loophole means man with 66 points on driving licence can stay on roads

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Legal loophole is allowing a man with 66 points on his driving licence to stay on the roads along with 10,000 others Magistrates can let drivers carry on if ban would cause ‘exceptional hardship’ Loophole allowed 10,589 motorists to stay on the roads in recent years  1,792 were women and 8,797 were men and many … Read more

Claim pension credit if you are over 75 and could lose free TV licence

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Two out of five of the poorest elderly people are missing out on pension credit, but claims are likely to rise as over-75s try to keep the right to free TV licences. The take-up rate among hard-up pensioners has barely budged for years, with an estimated 1.2million families losing around £2,000 annually – or £2.5billion … Read more

NMC Health billionaire’s broker has its licence suspended in two countries

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NMC Health billionaire’s broker has its licence suspended in two countries Australia-based AxiCorp had its licence suspended in Australia and New Zealand It failed to comply with financial services laws Khalifa Bin Butti  of NMC Health has a stake in online broker AxiCorp By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 29 … Read more

New poll reveals that more than half of Brits want the BBC licence fee abolished 

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A new poll has revealed that more than half of Brits want the BBC licence fee to be abolished. Data collected from 2,005 adults across the country also found that the majority of people (79 per cent) believe the corporation should pay for over-75s licences. It comes amidst debate over the future of the fee, … Read more

DAN HODGES: Coogan and Dimbleby can weep and wail, but the BBC licence fee MUST be scrapped 

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Alan Partridge is taking to the streets.  ‘I would man the barricades to defend the BBC,’ actor Steve Coogan pledged last week, before warning Ministers that ‘they’ll have a fight on their hands if they threaten it’. He won’t be alone. Yesterday BBC royalty, in the shape of veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby, joined the uprising. ‘The … Read more

BBC legend rips apart Boris Johnson as David Dimbleby blasts the Prime Minister amid TV licence row

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David Dimbleby has launched a savage attack on ‘lying’ Boris Johnson’s ‘pernicious’ attempt to curb the BBC licence fee. The veteran broadcaster accused the Prime Minister of using the issue to undermine the corporation and avoid having his policies scrutinised. He said Mr Johnson ‘doesn’t give a damn’ about fairness because his landslide election victory … Read more

Over 7,000 motorists a year have their driving licence revoked because of poor eyesight

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Seeing clearly? How 7,000 motorists a year have their driving licence revoked because of poor eyesight Average of 134 motorists a week have licences taken away due bad vision Some 19,644 drivers had licences revoked between Jan 2017 and Sep 2019 Drivers can be fined £1,000 if they don’t inform the DVLA about poor eyesight … Read more

Exposed: Boss of the rip-off ‘DVLA’ website DVLA Licence Apply

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The homepage of the DVLA Licence Apply website features a rather amateurish logo depicting two hands clutching a steering wheel. It then lists its services, which include providing a provisional licence for £91.60 and replacing a lost, stolen or damaged one for £77.60, each next to an inviting blue button that says ‘Apply Now’.  Given … Read more