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Enough Is Enough…Drivers From All Trade Orgs To Support Demo In Blackfriars.

Tribalism has to stop...Its not the colour of the lanyard that matters, it's the badge that hangs from it that should be uniting the trade. Enough is enough! It's alleged that TFL still have people in place from the John Mason regime, people like Leon Daniels and...

LCDC Call Demo, Thursday 13th Oct 12:30pm, 230 Blackfriars Road. Time To Stand Up And Be Counted

We all knew the PHV Map Test centres would be bent! And thanks to the Sun News paper, we have some proof Applicants for the Topographical test given the answers for extra £50! Or even worse, just turn up and have the pass certificate printed out without taking the...

LTPH To Allow Addison Lee The Right To Use a The Word Taxi To Advertise There Minicab App.

Again, we see TfLTPH bending over backwards to facilitate a 'private hire operator' circumnavigate statutory legislation laid down by Parliament. Have you ever wondered what LTPH's legal department do to earn their money, well so have we. In our opinion it...

Taxi App, a new app for London’s taxi drivers by SuperCabby

Thursday 6th October 2016 see’s the launch of a new Taxi App, “oh no not another app” I hear you say, well yes, another app but this time it is different from the previous offerings. Previously all of the apps that have been aimed at Taxi drivers have been from...

UCG’s Letter to Theresa May 8th November 2016

Nov 10, 2016

Letter from United Cabbies Group to The Prime Minister; The Rt Honorable Theresa May. Hand delivered to 10 Downing...

Police Play Dirty: Is It Time To Take The Gloves Off? By Jim Thomas

Nov 9, 2016

A United trade demonstration. Called by the UCG, supported by the LCDC, RMT, Suburban Allience, ITA, DDD, MM and...

Trevor Merralls & Lee Osborne explain the aim of todays demo 08-11-2016

Nov 8, 2016

Trevor Merralls delivers a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a Public Enquiry into Transport for London

Deliveroo riders seek to unionise and gain workers’ rights

Nov 8, 2016

A group of food takeaway couriers working for Deliveroo are taking legal steps in the UK to gain union recognition and workers' rights. It comes after two drivers for Uber won a tribunal case in which they argued they were workers not contractors. If the couriers win,...

London taxi protest: Black cab drivers descend on Whitehall to call for inquiry into Transport for London

Nov 8, 2016

London taxi drivers descended on Whitehall to call for a public inquiry into Transport for London (TfL). The black cab drivers say TfL is to blame for “unarguable failures” in congestion, pollution and regulation of private hire firms like Uber. The taxis brought...