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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

RARE PHOTOS: Bots and third parties to be banned from booking driving tests in dft shake up | Vintage Vibes

L-plate and tail light on a red BMW Mini Cooper Hatch
There will be a new limit on the number of changes a learner can make to a driving test booking, a maximum of two. Photograph: Benjamin John/Alamy

Bots and third parties will be banned from booking driving tests as part of a government shake-up to tackle a severe backlog of almost 670,000 learners booked in for a practical assessment.

The Department for Transport (DfT), which recently consulted on how to crack down on touts reselling test slots at inflated prices, said that only learner drivers themselves and not their instructors would be able to make bookings.

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