A PUBLISHING company in Talybont, Aberystwyth, has decided to challenge the decision taken by the UK Government to include the Union Jack on new driving licences by producing Red Dragon stickers to be placed in their place.

In 2014, the UK Government announced that the Union Jack will appear on every new licence.

It will appear alongside the EU banner on the licences of drivers in Wales, Scotland and England.

Now, Y Lolfa publishers have produced red dragon stickers to place over the Union Jack.

“We believe it is completely unfair that Britishness is being imposed upon us in this way,” said Fflur Arwel, Y Lolfa’s head of marketing.

“People are not given the choice to declare their nationality nor show that they are proud to be Welsh.”

One customer, Meurig Parry from Gwynedd, wrote to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency last summer after he received a new licence with the Union Jack on it.

He said: “My new licence arrived with the Union Jack on it. I am Welsh, and the flag of my nation is the Red Dragon, not the Union Jack.

“The people of England are welcome to pay tribute to the Union Jack if they so wish, but I fully oppose any decision that forces me to do the same.

“This is what the government in London is trying to do by insisting that a Union Jack be on every new driver’s license. This is a purely political move, by using a document that should be completely apolitical.”

Mr Parri received a response to his complaint by the DVLA which explained that the decision taken by the government in Westminster to include the Union Jack on driving licences was ‘to strengthen national unity’.

The DVLA warned people against using the stickers.

A spokesperson said: “Drivers shouldn’t alter their licence as it may lead to difficulties proving driving entitlement to employers, authorities, etc.

“To replace a defaced licence, we would charge a fee.”