The target for reducing average driving test waiting times across Britain to seven weeks is not expected to be met for another two years, according to a report by the public spending watchdog. The ...

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has appointed a new chief executive to tackle the extensive backlog of learners waiting to sit driving tests in Britain, which the agency says will take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attempts to cheat on driving tests in Britain increased by 47% in a year, an investigation has found. About 2,844 cases were ...

Three driving examiners have recently been recruited in Barrow in a bid to cut down the driving test backlog in the town.

The problem is a huge backlog of driving tests. Learners are waiting over four months on average for a test to take place; many places in Britain have it worse (see map). In July all but one test ...

Changes to the driving test will come into force on 24 November. (Stock image: Getty) Changes to the driving test come into place on Monday (24 November), including requiring candidates to spend ...

Learner drivers face a mounting challenge as Britain's driving test backlog surpasses 600,000 for the first time, according to new data analysis. Figures from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ...

Hundreds of thousands of learner drivers across the UK are still waiting to book their driving tests – and chances are, they’ll now be waiting even longer. The public spending watchdog has said that ...

New changes are coming in that will reduce multiple revisions to a booking and prevent people from moving their test to ...

Rules are being changed to tackle the "exploitation of the booking system by third-party businesses and automated bots".

If you think your local DMV test is a headache, the UK’s driving exam might make getting a US learner’s permit feel like a warm-up lap. It’s become so hard to pass and the waiting list is so long that ...