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City Hall's Delicensing Scheme Revamped LTDA The newspaper of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association www.ltda.co.uk @TheLTDA BANK JUNCTION: p6 #435 22 January 2019 ACCESS BACK ON THE AGENDA p5 p2 Have-a- go hero tackles robber p31 MEMBERS BACK City Hall’s LTDA POLICY Delicensing Scheme Revamped Taxi Age Limit Cut Plan Get £10k for your 13-year-old“Unacceptabl cabe” TfL wipes £150m o p3 cab values overnight 2 TAXI |||| 22 January 2019 www.ltda.co.uk |||| @TheLTDA Cabbie Strikes Back Against Robbers NEWS IN BRIEF Plying for PEOPLE he would have got away otherwise.” hire PHV A brave taxi driver has struck It emerged that crook had back against the robbers earlier been involved in a driver fined making the lives of fellow robbery and has since appeared A private hire driver has been cabbies a misery by bringing in court on several charges. fined more than £1,000 after being one to justice. The west London area, caught illegally plying for hire in Richard Barrow, of Maida particularly around Lisson Reading. Khawaja Babar, 39, of Vale, sprang into action to help Grove, has become virtually Holberton Road in Reading – a a police officer being over- a no-go area for taxi drivers licensed minicab cab driver for powered by the thief, who had after a sharp rise in the number South Oxfordshire – was parked in been in the back of the 57-year- of robberies and distraction a bus stop outside a fast food shop old’s cab. thefts. in Friar Street, Reading, in the Both Mr Barrow and the In November, several taxi early hours of March 17, 2018. officer, a former strongman in drivers came under attack from When approached by council the Gladiators TV show, were a gang in Lisson Grove who officers he lied and said he had tipped off by a cyclist to the pushed large metal bins into just dropped off a customer. fact the cabbie’s passenger was the road in a bid to trap and The 39-year-old was found guilty a robber. rob them. Riot police on the at Reading Magistrates’ Court. The cabbie of 27 years scene were bombarded with He appeared at court on picked up the thief close to fireworks and forced to retreat. Monday, January 14, 2019, Westbourne Terrace and was Drivers and the LTDA have where he was ordered to pay driving along when a cyclist criticised the failure of the Met sums totalling £1,100 – £100 pulled up beside him and yelled to act on the crimewave, with for plying for hire, £253 for “you have a thief in the cab.” most drivers being told that providing false information Mr Barrow said: “The next thing there was a police car with their incidents will not be investigated. and £747 in legal costs. flashing lights behind me and I knew something wasn’t right – the Mr Barrow was praised by the police but took the opportunity cyclist must have tipped police off too. to raise the issue of Lisson Grove. Coee Discount “I pulled over and the officer tried to stop the robber from He said: “The police thanked me for my help, but I told them for Cabbies getting away, but he was quite strong and I could see he was I wasn’t happy with the way they are dealing with the gangs Taxi drivers can get 10% off getting the better of him. So, I jumped in managed to get the around there. I saw online that there was a woman taxi driver purchases at the Coffee House crook on the floor while the officer put him in handcuffs. robbed at Christmas and they couldn’t be bothered to follow it Six Zero Seven at 607 Holloway “There was a lot scuffling around on the floor, but the police up. They were quite apologetic, but I told them it wasn’t good Road, Archway. Parking is free managed to get the cuffs on while I held him down. I think enough.” after 2pm on Saturdays. Need a Mortgage? We’ve got the knowledge. 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Because on social media there was only outrage, shock and disbelief at this “blatant profiteering.” Uber attempted to defend ollowing Mayor Sadiq Khan’s shock announcement it as a means of helping its drivers fund the new much before Christmas of his plans for a “phased more expensive plug in hybrids that will be required, with F reduction” in the taxi age limit from 15 to 12 many Uber drivers still under the mistaken belief that their years, I have been knocking down the doors of various air current Prius will comply; it won’t! quality experts and policy managers at TfL, not to mention Interestingly Uber supports the removal of the the Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Shirley congestion charge exemption for PHVs, whilst their Rodrigues. My meeting with her can best be described as drivers scream and stage demos outside TfL. Is this because a frank exchange of views, especially on the fact that the they recognise the congestion and pollution their cars are announcement was made with absolutely no consultation causing? Or is it because its licence is not as secure as it with the trade and without any impact assessment being could be and it is frightened of challenging anything TfL carried out. I pointed out the flaws in TfL’s calculations on and the mayor do? the trade’s contribution to pollution, and handed over a rough draft of the LTDA’s own impact assessment, which Plying for Hire puts the trade’s loss at a criminal We are still waiting for the Government to publish £50 million plus. its long-awaited response to the taxi task and finish Back in 2014/15, when taxi age group report, which recommended legislation on cross limits were last on the agenda, border hiring, a definition of plying for hire and powers the LTDA hired scientists to for TfL to be able to cap PH numbers. In December, investigate the trade’s actual Taxi Age Limit Transport Select Committee Chair, Lilian Greenwood contribution to exhaust generated survey on current LTDACu policyt Plan to demonstrations and MP, wrote to Taxis Minister, Nusrat Ghani MP, to ask emissions, rather than TfL’s militant action. The first question asked was, “as the when the Government will respond to the report, and estimates. The resulting evidence, largest trade“ groupUnacce we want theptabl LTDA to bee” recognised whether it plans to bring forward primary legislation Sadiq Khan along with our cost impact as representing a professional, forward thinking and to implement its recommendations. Once again, the assessments and our members’ innovative industry.TfL wipes When £150mdealing with o TfL, thep3 mayor’s minister said that a response would be issued “shortly” survey on vehicle purchase intentions, defeated the proposed office, nationalcab government/departments, values overnight national and local and acknowledged that Government had a “leadership age limit reduction. If we are to win this latest battle it politicians, local authorities and anyone else, our current role to play” in addressing “important issues in the will once again be down to the LTDA to do the research, policy in the first instance is to respond to consultations sector.” In written parliamentary questions, members source the experts and secure the evidence to support our in the trades interests, correspond with, meet and engage of our APPG continued to press the Government on arguments. It can be frustrating when others within the with (the above), gather supporting evidence, if necessary when its response will be published. Wes Streeting MP, trade, who have done nothing but whinge on social media, lobby and involve other relevant stakeholder and only as a Paul Blomfield MP and Jim Cunningham MP were then quote LTDA data and facts as if they were their own, very last resort to consider picket lines, demos etc, is this told by the taxis minister that a response would be in an effort to look as if they are actually part of the battle, policy current and correct?” It’s good to know that the vast published in “due course.” as opposed to the truth, which is that they are only spouting majority of members support this policy. We received This is unbelievably frustrating, a dozen other people hot air from the sidelines. over 3,000 responses with 95% of our members saying and I, including MPs and representatives from across Going forward, I have more meetings booked in with the policy is correct. The breakdown and rest of the survey the country, attended hours and hours of meetings several industry experts, politicians and advisors, before is on page 31.
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