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- 28/01/2025 - BNMA calls for action on 1 in 15 ghost plates on ITV’s Good Morning Britain
- 29/09/2021 - UK flag number plate design confirmed for overseas travel from 28th September
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- 31/01/2021 - GB plates become legal for most EU travel
- 12/12/2020 - 2021: the year of number plate changes
- 02/12/2020 - Government announce on 30th Nov that fitting GB EU flag plates is prohibited from 1st Jan
- 18/11/2020 - Confirmed: green plates permitted from 8th December
- 16/07/2019 - Autoexpress highlight best and worst practice in supplying number plates
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