Department for Transport

The UK National Motorcyclists Council has raised a number of issues that it says need to be addressed by the government after a summer of stagnation. 

The UK government has announced that it is planning to introduce self-driving vehicles from next year, with full implementation planned for 2025.

The Motorcycle Action Group wants to be shown evidence from the government that self-driving vehicles will not be dangerous for UK bikers.

France and Britain share a problem of young people riding motorcycles. But the governments of neither country know how to fix it.

The Motorcycle Action Group has voiced its opposition to the proposed end of combustion motorcycle sales after a meeting with the Department for Transport at the end of July. 

The NMC believes that the government is acting too quickly to eliminate non-zero emission motorcycles from the UK market.

After the government announced a proposal to end non-zero emission motorcycle sales by 2035, the MCIA made public its objection.

The British government will continue the grant scheme for electric bikes, but there remain several issues with the viability of electrics in Britain.

Almost 300 examiners were banned from performing MOTs in 2021/22, with over 1,000 fraudulent tests discovered by the DVSA.

The Minister of State for Care and Mental Health, Conservative MP Gillian Keegan, has announced plans to introduce a noise camera on the A272.

The UK government intends to create new legislation which will see e-scooters exist outside of motorcycle and motor vehicle rules. 

The government has confirmed this week that possible new vehicle anti-tampering laws won’t be retrospective

The chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to cut fuel duty in this weeks Spring Statement as petrol becomes prohibitively expensive

The UK Government significantly reduces its financial incentive towards purchasing an electric motorcycle with models costing £10,000 or less now eligible

‘No motorcycle should be required to better the standards in place when it was new’ say the British Motorcyclists Federation.

The UK's network of Smart Motorway ARL roads have come under fire this morning, with even the MP who helped to roll them out calling for a U-turn

Motorcycles and the value they offer the UK has been discussed in the halls of power, and a new DfT minister who rides is right at the heart of it

New proposals that promote green initiatives and smooth the path for self-driving transport could have a huge impact on the motorcycle industry

After a meeting between the NMDA and Department for Transport, the e-scooter has been reclassified as a ‘Powered Transporter’.

Those planning a foreign tour in the EU will have to ditch GB stickers and number plates and replace them with new UK ones

Despite Brexit, UK is to adopt the same EU mandated ‘ISA’ speed limiters in new vehicles sold in 2022 onwards. Are motorcycles exempt from this?

Pedestrians and cyclists are due to be placed at the top of a re-ordered pecking order, as a new Highway Code hierarchy rule is on the cards. 

The EU Commissions has confirmed that vehicles intended specifically for motorsport will be excluded from mandatory insurance – VNUK