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THE RAPE OF LONDON – MONEY TALKS … BUT NOT THE TRUTH

Rape and sexual abuse has skyrocketed since Uber came to London and persuaded Transport for London to deregulate the Taxi and Private Hire industry, to accommodate their work model. Everyone in authority knows about the rapes. Some choose to do nothing, while others...

HYDE PARK WINTER WONDERLAND 2016 TAXI RANK CONFIRMED

From the London Cab Ranks Committee  Following meetings with TfL, Westminster Council, Royal Parks and Winter Wonderland event organisers – PWR. The London Cab Ranks Committee; UNITE, LCDC, LTDA – working with Transport for London – is pleased to announce that taxi...

A Gridlocked City is a Dying City, I Moving City is a Thriving City

Grant Davis takes a walk along the Strand in Central London to show Mayor Sadiq Khan the congestion the TFL's policies have caused. A Taxi driver tells Grant that it has cost the passenger in the back of his cab £8.20 to get from Charing Cross Station to just a...

RMT Taxi Drivers’ Branch Chairman on why we need a legal definition of Plying for Hire

Mick Bailey, Chairman of the London Taxi Branch of the RMT gives his views on Tuesday's demo and the state of the Taxi trade in London.   Lewis Norton states his views on Plying for Hire
When is a Taxi not a Taxi?

When is a Taxi not a Taxi?

A driver who had recently purchased a second hand taxi duly sent off the blue Taxi License to TFL for a change of...

California Dreaming …. By Semtex.

California Dreaming …. By Semtex.

Uber were first licensed just before the Summer of 2012. Two years later on the 3 October,  co-founder, Travis Kalanick, attended the Albert Hall no less, to deliver a presentation to 2000 senior moneymen and women, from the City of London. The audience were no fools,...

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