![No more paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence will save the taxpayer millions each year - GOV.UK No more paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence will save the taxpayer millions each year - GOV.UK](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/image_data/file/39849/s960_Photocard_and_Counterpart.jpg)
No more paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence will save the taxpayer millions each year - GOV.UK
![TIL Until 2015 the UK drivers licence required a paper counterpart for the photocard to be valid. The counterpart was abolished on the 8th of June 2015, except in Northern Ireland where TIL Until 2015 the UK drivers licence required a paper counterpart for the photocard to be valid. The counterpart was abolished on the 8th of June 2015, except in Northern Ireland where](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Y8UWloEOTE/VUDXlpZLa0I/AAAAAAAACO0/p3x8K2LUvLg/s1600/Old%2Blicence.jpg)
TIL Until 2015 the UK drivers licence required a paper counterpart for the photocard to be valid. The counterpart was abolished on the 8th of June 2015, except in Northern Ireland where
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