{"id":83866,"date":"2026-01-22T20:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83866"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:23:22","slug":"asylum-seekers-banned-from-taxis-for-medical-appointments-after-taxpayers-foot-15-8m-transport-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/22\/asylum-seekers-banned-from-taxis-for-medical-appointments-after-taxpayers-foot-15-8m-transport-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Asylum seekers banned from taxis for medical appointments after taxpayers foot \u00a315.8M transport bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1UKOdX.img?w=534&amp;h=300&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Taxis \u00a9Dietmar Rabic\/Wikimedia Commons\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/topics\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">United Kingdom<\/a> has announced a ban on the use of taxis by asylum seekers for most medical appointments, effective from February 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/asylum-seekers-banned-from-taxis-for-medical-appointments-after-taxpayers-foot-15-8m-transport-bill\/ar-AA1UKCrn?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6972835e6d8945fcad039e48df046db7&amp;ei=19\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0United Kingdom has announced a ban on the use of taxis by asylum seekers for most medical appointments, effective from February 2026&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-immigration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GP-telephone-appointment.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83867,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83866\/revisions\/83867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}