Did TfL Relax Regulation On Landline To Assist Uber's Modus Operandi And Get Daniels Off The Hook ?... By Jim Thomas

In the light of the plethora of evidence published in trade journals about the collusion between certain TfLTPH officials allegedly bending over backwards, to help Uber circumnavigate the requirements laid down by the Private Hire Act 1998, you would have thought there would be no more skeletons in their closet. But you'd be wrong!

It's now crystal clear that LTPH have been secretly amending said legislation. 

Below is an email sent to one of our readers by TfL after he repeatedly asked about Uber's Original licence application. He says TfL only replied when he copied in his MP.

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Apparently, TfL have a new interpretation of the requirement for a PH operator to have in lace a landline for taking bookings. 

They are now claiming it's no longer a regulatory requirement for an operator to maintain a landline once they are licensed an operational....REALLY ?

If that's the case, then this interpretation makes the initial PHV act laughable. It's like saying when you have your vehicle licensed, you must wear a red tie. But after the vehicle is plated, you can then discard that item. 

Many Taxi drivers are now concerned that this part of the act has been massaged by TfL to facility Uber's continuance as a PH operator, operating independently of statutory legislation. 

The old interpretation seemed to be firmly in place, until Leon Daniels was found to have lied to the GLA transport committee. Daniels presented the GLA with what he said was Uber's public landline. Turned out the number was Uber CEO Jo Bertram's private line.

Now it would seem, the requirement has been reinterpreted.

Again, drivers are concerned that this was done to get Daniels off the hook, and to keep Uber compliant.

The uncovered information was also past on to the LTDA back in June. Not only have they said nothing about this, they didn't even reply to the driver who copied them into the emails. 

Personally, I can confirm that this issue was not bought up by the LTDA at the all trade representative meeting at Taxi House, which I attended on the 3rd of August.

Minutes of this meeting will be posted later this week.

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