One Taxi Trade, One Message...We Call On Government To Set Up An Enquiry Into TfL

Every driver needs to support this demo. 

There can be no fence sitting. No egos, no tribal mentality. If you want to carry on being a licensed Taxi Driver, then you need to turn up.

TfL have tried desperately to divide the trade at every opportunity. The implementation of the Credit Card Mandate was no more than smoke and mirrors, designed purely to keep us at each other's throats.

• TfL waited 4 years to go to court over Uber driver insurance. 

• They lied to the GLA

• They lied to the Taxi trade. 

• They coached Uber how to get round legislation

• They relaxed regulations. 

• Compliance has been a white wash.

While new regulations were bought in which take even more of your income, Uber have been given a free hand to run riot.

They've been aloud to operated from unlicensed premises, they've lied about having a landline, admitted they don't do pre bookings....in fact it's now come out under oath in the Toronto verdict, that it's the driver who takes the booking in their vehicle. A total disregard of the Private Hire Act 1998. 

 TfL have aloud all this to go on. 

The GLA made promises 

The new Mayor made promises 

All promises have been broken

It's clear TfL have no intention of changing Uber's modus operandi. 

We've seen drivers licensed with fake medicals, fake topographical passes, no UK driving licence, no enhanced DBS checks, plus now we've been told TfL refusing to publicise the results of multiple FOI requests, for full minicab related sexual assault (including rapes) statistics because they say it's not in the public interest.

The United Cabbies Group have called on the trade (drivers, orgs and unions) to attend a mass protest, to be held on the 8th of November, around Trafalgar Square and along Whitehall, at 2pm.

Permission has been granted for a letter to be delivered to the Prime Minister, calling on the government to set up an enquiry into TfL.

No one is fighting your corner for you.

It's time to turn up and fight....or sit back and watch your trade die. 

TIME FOR TALKING HAS RUN OUT.

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