End The Backlog

The campaign to end the backlog in driving test bookings in the UK.
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[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

End The Backlog is the campaign to reduce waiting times and make it easier to book a driving test in the UK.

🌐 Our website: https://t.co/U8WBJImxqt

📨 Get in touch:
[email protected]

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

Is this really the best we can do?

[dan barker @danbarker]

Driving test availability in the North East of England: next available date is in August.

It feels like, amid the stories of young people struggling to find work, putting some resource into helping them to drive earlier may help.

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

Fantastic to meet so many people interested in our campaign to increase driving test availability!

[Aeron Laffere @aeronlaffere]

London's oldest parish church will be hosting Coordinating British Progress on February 20th.

Featuring speakers from @sotalikesfuture, @lfg_uk, @BritishProgress, @civic_future, @RenPhilanthropy, @ARIA_research, and some of the most exciting companies leading the way to Britain's future.

Spaces are now limited so be sure to confirm here, as we won't be able to admit anyone not on the list: https://t.co/qNHpOPCodP

[Dr Lawrence Newport @lawrencenewport]

That's one way to sort a backlog!

Pretend it doesn't exist - just rebrand it as "actually good for safety"!

Genius!

[Ellen Pasternack @pastasnack_e]

Excited to be talking about @EndTheBacklogUK, the campaign to make it possible to book a driving test in Britain.

Looks set to be a fantastic event!

[Ellen Pasternack @pastasnack_e]

Over the next few months I will also be returning to @EndTheBacklogUK, my campaign to fix Britain’s unusable driving test system, this time together with @AmeliaERWood. Watch this space! 🚗

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

Being able to drive is a passage into adulthood.

Being able to drive opens up opportunity and employment.

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

End The Backlog is the campaign to reduce waiting times and make it easier to book a driving test in the UK.

🌐 Our website: https://t.co/U8WBJImxqt

📨 Get in touch:
[email protected]

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

This is not an acceptable state of affairs for basic government services.

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Father who drove 285 miles to take his driving test fails after examiner refuses to sit in passenger seat because it has 'a few drops of rain on it' https://t.co/PTRe7DUvWO

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

As people travel hundreds of miles to take a driving test, expect more silly stories like these.

Learner drivers travelled an average 133km to sit tests in Scotland.

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Father who drove 285 miles to take his driving test fails after examiner refuses to sit in passenger seat because it has 'a few drops of rain on it' https://t.co/PTRe7DUvWO

[Joanna Marchong @marchong_joanna]

Aspiring drivers in London already wait on average 23 weeks for a driving test.

Across the UK the average waiting time is over 17 weeks (almost 4 months)

I wouldn’t be surprised if this policy is enacted so that they don’t have to make the process efficient, they would rather normalise long waiting times and sluggish services.

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

📨✍️WRITE TO YOUR MP ✍️📨

Are you frustrated by the driving test backlog? Have you been waiting months or years to pass a test?

Now you can ask your MP to #EndTheBacklog using our new email template, kindly hosted by @the_tpa:

https://t.co/8uaOZgdcDD

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

Lots of people think the driving test backlog is solely a mess caused by the pandemic. That's wrong -- the wait has nearly doubled since 2023.

[End The Backlog @EndTheBacklogUK]

Are you still waiting to book a test?

Tell us about it.

DMs are open.

[Esther Lay @estherdaponte]

I have STILL not been able to get a test after failing two with a six-month gap between them (and another six-month wait between second and third). If the third one doesn't go well, I won't be able to book another before my theory test (good for two years) expires. Disgraceful.

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

Topsy turvy Britain

[Ellen Pasternack @pastasnack_e]

Maddening that there is basically a de facto ban on young Brits driving (driving test booking system has been unusable since 2020), and yet there is no restriction for people from any other country as long as they've been issued a licence at home (where often the test is just "can you drive in a straight line")

[Joel Snape @JoelSnape]

This was a very good bit of reporting. Another thing that it seems would be quite easy to sort out is the enormous backlog in driving tests, as @pastasnack_e has regularly noted

[Helen Chandler-Wilde @h_chandlerwilde]

i wrote about how "small issues" of bin strikes/driving test backlogs are in fact big electoral issues

people have far more *direct* experience w/ the DVLA than trade deals, so if you want to win, it's vital to get right

see the 37k ppl who signed @EndTheBacklogUK's petition!

[Cllr Elliot Keck @ElliotKeck]

I spoke about this with @pastasnack_e @EndTheBacklogUK for @the_tpa podcast a few weeks ago

Listen here:

https://t.co/Coe1ZVw44C