STATEMENT FROM THE ITA: PROTEST! AGAINST GOVERNMENT AND UBER CORRUPTION!

STATEMENT FROM THE ITA...

DEMONSTRATION AT THE CONSERVATIVE  PARTY HQ ON THURSDAY. 

PROTEST! AGAINST GOVERNMENT AND UBER CORRUPTION! 

11:00 Thursday 30 March 2017. Matthew Parker Street. 

ON FOOT. 

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George Osborne's email to Boris Johnson over Uber made James O'Brien "sick to his stomach". And either you'll feel the same, or you're on the payroll.

The former Chancellor wrote an email to Boris Johnson, asking him to ease off restrictions which made it harder for Uber to operate.

 He said: "The moment George Osborne heard rumours that Boris Johnson was considering rules which would make life harder for his close friend Rachel Whetstone, he sent an angry text message to the London Mayor."

Saying that he was about to read the Daily Mail article word-for-word, he added: "If you find my politics problematic in the past, just have a listen to this.

"Anybody who doesn't feel sick to their stomach about these words has got something wrong with them. Or they're on the payroll."

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Cameron aide's uber 'cover up

The ex-PM allegedly told aides to lobby Boris Johnson against curbs to Uber

No 10 adviser swapped emails with senior staff working for then London mayor

Downing Street had failed to divulge details of the alleged lobbying operation

Transport for London officials released the details of the correspondence 

David Cameron's Downing Street was accused of a blatant cover-up last night over failed plans to crack down on Uber.

The ex-PM and George Osborne allegedly told aides to lobby Boris Johnson against curbs on the online taxi firm.

The Daily Mail revealed on Saturday that a No 10 adviser swapped emails with senior staff working for the then London mayor.

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Catalogue Of Disasters….Or Comedy Of Errors

The last 3 months at Uber, have to go down as one of the worst starts to the year of any major business, ever.

 

A stunning string of blows that have upended the world's most valuable startup.

Uber's off to a bad start in 2017.... but the year is getting worse by the day for the $69 billion ride-hailing company.

In January, Uber lost more than 200,000 customers in a single weekend after the #DeleteUber movement led to a fury of account deletions by customers upset about its ties to President Trump.

But that was just a prelude to Uber's no-good, very bad month. During the roughly 30-day period of mid-February to mid-March, the company has been pummeled by a seemingly never-ending barrage of bad news, with a new crisis almost every day.

If business schools need a new case study for a company in a PR disaster, Uber's last month is as perfect an example as can be found. And it's still not clear how Uber will right its ship.

Here's everything that's happened to Uber in the last month:  >CLICK HERE.<

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TfL's Nightmare Continues... Does TfL Owe The Whole Taxi Trade A Small Fortune ? .. By Jik a Thomas

We don't have the full details so far and it's still to be confirmed, but our attention has been drawn to a series of Tweets made by a driver who alleges he's taken TfL to court and won. 

H tweets say so far, TfL have offered no defence. 

If this information is correct as we believe may be, this court decision could cost TfL a small fortune as it affects every single one of the 25,000 licensed  taxi drivers, who've complied with the new CC sticker regulations. 

Taxi driver Jamie Hawes has tweeted that he has taken TfL to court asking for payment from for using his taxi as a free advertising hoarding for credit card companies. 

Jamie believes TfL should pay him £18 a day for the adverts they have forced him to put in his vehicle ..... and allegedly, the court has agreed.

He has also asked for his licence fee to be refunded, in light of the fact that TFL board member Ron Kalifa -via worldpay benefits club- has favoured uber over black cabs, a clear breach of contract. 

This judgement means that TfL may have to refund every drivers licence fees. 

This obviously begs the question, why none of our representative orgs/ Unions have taken on TfL over these issues in a class action on behalf of their members?

So Mr McNamara it's obviously not a done deal after all... 

This could also get much worse for TfL. If an inquiry finds malfeasance from its directors, compensation could also be due for loss of earnings. 

Good news stories about TfL are just like their busses. You wait ages for one, then three come along together... 

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Uber's House Of Cards ... About To Crumble ?

Please, do not miss this opportunity to get Uber in court

Your cheap Uber ride might cost 20% more if the company loses a legal battle over taxes in the UK.

Jolyon Maugham QC is a respected barrister who is suing Uber through his non-profit, the Good Law Project, for alleged unpaid VAT.

In a case update, the Good Law Project estimated that Uber will have to charge passengers more, cut drivers' fees, or reduce its own cut of fares if the company loses the case.

In a press statement, the Good Law Project said: "The consequences for Uber's business model are profound. Going forward, it may have to raise its prices by as much as 20%, reduce the wages it pays to drivers, or charge a smaller fee.

"It will also be forced to hand over a percentage of all UK fare income for the last four years to HMRC. Because VAT is an EU tax, Uber's businesses in other countries will also be affected."

       Jolyon Maugham QC is suing Uber. Jolyon Maugham

The thinking is that Uber can currently afford to undercut rivals and give you cheaper fares because it doesn't pay as much tax as it should. And since it claims drivers are all self-employed, it doesn't need to pay costs like national insurance. It also claims it it isn't a transportation service provider, and therefore isn't liable to pay VAT.

That might all change.

Maugham has just sent a letter before action to Uber, which is a precursor to formally recovering a debt through legal means.

The debt, in this case, is a VAT receipt for one of Maugham's Uber journeys.

If Uber is "compelled" to provide a VAT receipt, it is then liable to pay VAT to the UK's tax authority HMRC.

Maugham's argument hinges on Uber  losing an employment tribunal in the UK last year. The tribunal ruled that Uber's UK workers were entitled to minimum wage, among other benefits. It also held that Uber was a transportation service, saying: "It is unreal to deny Uber is in a business as a supplier of transportation services." And if Uber is a transportation service, then it's liable for VAT.

Maugham calculated that Uber owes at least £20 million in unpaid tax, and said he'll take Uber to the UK High Court in April.

An Uber spokesman said: "Drivers who use the Uber app are subject to the same VAT laws as any other transportation provider in the UK."

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San Francisco wants Lyft/Uber data to determine how much traffic congestion they cause