Hackney carriage fares are set to increase in Oldham at the request of drivers, who say they need prices to rise to support the trade.
Fares in the borough have remained ‘static’ since 2012, despite the trade having seen an increase in costs related to licensing, maintaining and running a taxi, a report to cabinet states.
The trade has requested that the council review the fares they are allowed to charge in order to ‘mitigate those costs’.
