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Spartacus, Joins Up The Dots ... And A Plea From UCG Chairman TrevorMerralls...
So today we have people waiting in agony on trolleys in A and E whilst the underfunded NHS struggles to cope. We are one of the lowest funders of health care in the developed world by percentage of...
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Uber Driver Murdered Wife After Googling Most Painful Place To StabSomeone
An Uber minicab driver murdered his wife after searching on Google for ‘the most painful place to stab someone’, a court heard today (tues). Jose Leonardo, 56, repeatedly knifed 52 year-old Maria...
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Uber, Not Only Homophobic, Discriminates Against Guide Dogs... NowStudy Shows...
Ride-hailing service Uber, appears to be racially profiling passengers, a new study suggests.According to the study by researchers at Stanford, MIT and the University of Washington, which was presented...
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TfL COs Out In Force To Put Stops On Taxis Without (Or The Wrong)Credit Card...
Level playing field my arse ...TfL's COs were out in force toda putting stops on Taxis for having none or the wrong type of Credit Card stickers.Shame that the arm of TfL COs developed blind eye and...
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Another Prius Fire : How Long Before Someone Is Burned To Death?
Another Uber Prius has burst into flames, this time in Bruton Street in the a heart of Mayfair. This is becoming an all too familiar sight on London streets as more and more of the 600 newly licensed...
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TfL : Woefully Inadequate, Incompetent And Biased. Remember RememberThe 8th...
Lets be honest, ...The actions of TFL are actually completely predictable, as they are under immense pressure from us in the taxi industry, they are naturally going to respond against us in kind and...
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Uber Faces $5 Million Suit From San Francisco's Oldest Cab Company
Another party is suing Uber over the ride-hailing service's business practices. This time it's San Francisco's Flywheel, the taxi company formerly known as DeSoto Cab, also known as SF's oldest taxi...
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TfLTPH, Oh What A Tangled Web You Weave...by Jim Thomas.
Just when you thought scandals at TfLTPH couldn't get any more convoluted, another little gem drops into our lap. In an email reply to a Taxi driver, TfLTPH's head of policy Tom Moody, makes the...
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TfL COs Coming a down Hard On Taxis. But Are They Exceeding...
Word coming back to us from the front line that these COs have been instructed by TFL to really get in our faces.Considering its alleged lots of these COs were/are ticket inspectors or PHV drivers,...
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Update On Lee Ward's Letters To TfL And The Mayor.
Dear Lee WardThank you for your recent correspondence, addressed to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. As a Correspondence and Investigations Officer for Service Operations, your correspondence has been...
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Letter To Editor: Burn Your Bridges...And Learn To Swim Against TheTide.
Considering we have 5 representative Orgs, we have no real leadership.Personally I only recognise the LCDC, RMT and UCG as being on our side. In my opinion, the LTDA and Unite are not.None of them have...
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Just A Few Reminders About Tomorrow's Demonstration In Whitehall.
The demo has been called by the UCG and is supported by the LCDC, RMT, ITA, Dads Defending Daughters, Mayfair Mod and SaveTaxi, groups that have the trades best interest at heart. The demo is official...
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Press Release From The United Cabbies Group
At 2pm on Tuesday the 8th of November, thousands of London Taxi’s Protest at Whitehall with one simple clear message calling for a Public Inquiry into TFL, The UKs Capital is gridlocked and choking...
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'A clear and present danger'....Someone's Got To Warn The Public!
Whilst the TfL compliance officers harass working Taxi Drivers for the heinous act of not displaying or having credit card stickers in the right place, touting and those playing the 'fog lights game'...
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A Final Call To Arms : Surrounded...But We Have The Fire Power.
Never in our London Taxi Trade's history, have we been under such threat and pressure. Never have we had so much competition to remain an iconic world respected trade. Never have we been up against...
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Police Play Dirty: Is It Time To Take The Gloves Off ? By Jim Thomas
A United trade demonstration, called by the UCG, supported by the LCDC, RMT, HATDU, Suburban Allience, ITA, DDD, MM and #SaveTaxi.Let's not forget, that our biggest representative org said they...
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UCG's Letter to Theresa May, Hand Delivered 8th November 2016
Letter from United Cabbies Group, to The Prime Minister; The Rt Honorable Theresa May.Hand delivered to 10 Downing Street November 8th 2016 November 8th 2016 The Right Honorable Theresa May10 Downing...
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Ever Wondered Why TfL Are So Adamant That Taxis Must Take CreditCards...by...
So a certain TfL board member Mr Ron Kalifa, is Deputy Chairman of credit card system provider WorldPay and is also a non executive director of Visa Europe.WorldPay has a subsidiary called WorldPay Uk...
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Free Advertising On All Taxis : Is The Trade Being Mugged Off ?
The headline says it all, are we being mugged off with the TfL mandate of credit card acceptance?Look at they way it's been implemented: • Only certain providers have given a carte blanche • This...
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New uberX Using Licensed Taxis Launches In Cambridge, And Is HailedA 'Disaster'.
The UberX app has launched in Cambridge using Hackney Taxis. Already the scheme has been hailed a 'disaster' for other cabbies in the city.The company claims the new app has already proved “hugely...
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