Rapists, paedophiles and people convicted of manslaughter are among those who have applied to be taxi drivers in Merseyside.

The shocking pasts of criminals who wanted a taxi licence were revealed through Freedom of Information requests submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Reported by The Liverpool Echo. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.