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24/12/2021

Our Christmas and New Year opening hours

Head Office will be closed from 4pm on Friday 24th December 2021 and will open again for calls at 9.00am on Wednesday 29th December 2021

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23/12/2021

New Welsh social distancing measures in public spaces

Theory tests in Wales can continue to take place with 1m plus distancing accompanied by robust COVID-safe measures to protect customers and theory test centre colleagues.

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23/12/2021

Temporary closure of Tilbury driving test centre

The Tilbury driving test centre will be temporarily closed for refurbishment from Monday 7 February until Friday 4 March 2022.

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22/12/2021

New rules for towing a trailer with a car from 16 December 2021

The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.

The rules on what you can tow are different depending on when you passed your car driving test.

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21/12/2021

Theory test non-standard accommodation requests

Since we launched the new theory test service in September, we have seen an unprecedented number of enquiries for NSA test bookings. We also received a number of outstanding NSA requests from the previous theory test service operator.

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17/12/2021 - Birmingham

Temporary closure of Birmingham Shirley driving test centre

The Birmingham Shirley driving test centre will be temporarily closed for refurbishment from Monday 7 February until Friday 4 March 2022.

Tests will still go ahead

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17/12/2021

Government Tackle third party test booking apps and websites

Today the Government published their findings on third party test booking apps and websites.

The Government said:

"It is important that it is a fair and level playing field for people booking tests. When testing restarted earlier this year, we were made aware that thir…

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17/09/2021

Parliament looking to change towing laws.

Parliament today (16 September 2021) are looking to amend legislation that will mean that car drivers will no longer need to take another test to tow a trailer or caravan

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21/06/2021

Changes to petrol over the summer

You should start to notice the E10 petrol label across station forecourts over the summer.

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10/03/2021

Restarting driving lessons and tests in England

The proposed date for Driving Schools to restart driving lessons and training is Monday 12 April 2021.

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