The DVLA told us that it's working through a backlog of applications that built up during the coronavirus lockdown.

More than 150,000 vehicles were stolen in Britain from 2018 to 2019, 10,000 more than the year before and a 56 per cent increase compared to four years earlier, according to RAC data.<br /> <br />

The average price of a litre of petrol has increased by nearly 4p-per-litre, adding £2 to a tank.