Govt announces cuts to transport red tape

Date: 16/12/2011

The government has announced it is doing away with "reams" of red tape currently affecting motorists.

These changes from the Department for Transport (DfT) have been introduced as part of the Road Transport Red Tape Challenge, which aims to reduce the amount of unnecessary regulations in the UK.

Some 142 transport regulations will either be removed or updated.

These include improving regulation surrounding the notification process for vehicles that are not in use on the road and changing the law so that by 2015, motorists will not be required to hold a paper counterpart to their driving licence.

Transport Secretary Justine Greening said: "Motorists shouldn't have to keep numerous bits of paper just to prove they can drive and have bought insurance - we live in digital age and we need to embrace that."

Earlier this week, the DfT announced it is to invest £854 million into 21 local transport schemes up and down the country, in addition to the £574 million it has already allocated to 20 other initiatives.

Posted by Mary Treen