Thousands of illegal registration plates on cars and other vehicles have been detected by a new camera system currently being tested on motorways in south-east England, BBC Panorama can reveal. These ...

A Kent company has won a national prize for developing technology to crack down on illegal registration plates. Dartford's MAV Systems has been awarded 'Innovation of the Year' at the 2026 Made in ...

A number plate is illegal if it changes how your registration reads, uses the wrong font, spacing, colour or markings, or was made by anyone other than a registered supplier. GOV.UK puts the penalty ...

A national police squad has been set up to tackle the growing problem of illegal number plates – and they'll be using £150 night-vision goggles to track down offenders, the Daily Mail and This is ...

The Department for Transport is consulting on plans that could make using illegal ghost number plates subject to instant penalty points and vehicle impounded ...

A centralised crackdown on illegal number plates will target organised crime groups and drivers who dodge fines by bringing together data and information from police forces across England, the ...