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Taxi Vigilante Catches Uber Cars (Licensed by TfL) Illegally Working Egham Railway Station, in Surrey.

Salvatore Barrile has been a Hackney Carriage driver for 16 years in Surrey - and said the situation was bigger than many might think. A self-styled "vigilante Uber hunter" has been filming himself as he takes-on what he claims are illegally-parked minicab drivers...

Uber cars using Brentwood taxi ranks illegally, cabbies claim

Brentwood taxi drivers are losing out because Uber drivers are using taxi ranks, according to the owner of a firm in the town. Uber, an American company that uses a smartphone app to connect cars for hire with people wanting to get around, now operates in 516 cities...

Please Sign This Important Petition To Stop Cross Border Hiring

I’ve made a petition – will you sign it? Click this link to sign the petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/169464/sponsors/JkKfCqxgTWrvMI1lIIAi My petition: Cross border hiring is dangerous to the public. Sub-contracting is no better. ALPHA and the GMB...

Northampton council to find out if number of black cabs in town need to be capped

A freeze on the number of black cabs allowed to operate in Northampton could be imposed by the council if a survey shows there are enough, or too many, taxis in the town. The borough council will decide next week whether to employ a consultant company to carry out an...
Uber is misleading drivers about its legal defeat, claims union

Uber is misleading drivers about its legal defeat, claims union

GMB reveals email from company which claims tribunal ruling on self-employed status only affects two drivers who brought the case The GMB union has accused Uber of misleading its drivers by claiming last week’s tribunal decision on working conditions only affects two...

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UK Uber-rival Karhoo is dead

UK Uber-rival Karhoo is dead

Sometimes when you're late to the party, there aren't enough chicken nuggets and cocktail sausages left to go around. It's a lesson taxi-hailing app Karhoo has learned the hard way, today announcing the closure of its service as it looks "at the next steps for the...

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