This means a one mile trip, which currently costs £2.90, would rise by 6.9% to £3.10 while a two mile journey would go from £4.90 to £5.10 – a rise of 4.1%. The charge for each additional tenth of a mile would stay at 20p.
The proposed £5.10 fare in Carlisle compares with £5 for a two-mile trip in South Lakeland, £4.94 in Eden, £4.85 in Allerdale, £4.60 in Barrow and £4.30 in Copeland. Taxi fares in Carlisle last went up in 2008.
If the council approves the increase, the higher fares will apply from October 6 provided nobody registers an objection.
Private hire drivers in Reading are upset that whilst they are banned from using bus lanes taxis coming into Reading from adjacent counties are allowed to use the bus lanes.
A Nottingham private hire driver has been given 10 months' suspended custody and has been banned from the roads for six months after pretending his wife had been driving the car so he could avoid losing his driving licence.
A Welsh limo hire company, Vegas Limousines, of Ynysddu, became the first to get a limo licence after Caerphilly County Borough Council changed its policy to allow quirky hire vehicles.
A Southampton driver has became the first taxi driver to be have his license revoked after being filmed on his own security camera.
