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Former PM Hit with Familiar Accusations of Undue Influence The newspaper of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association COVER STORY: EX-PM LOBBYING SCANDAL Page 3 STEVE KENTON DISCUSSES SAFER STREETS PAGES 16-17 EMMA LUNN TALKS NATIONAL PRICE HIKE DAY PAGE 23 www.ltda.co.uk 6th April 2021#489 1 DOUBLE DODGY DAVE? Former PM hit with familiar accusations of undue influence www.ltda.co.uk @TheLTDA 2 www.ltda.co.uk @TheLTDA Contents & News Inside... 06:04:21 3 | News 5 | Steve McNamara 6 | Paul Brennan 8 | Anthony Street 11 | Lloyd Baldwin TAXI DRIVER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 12 | Letters & Lotto Winner COVID-19 RESEARCH STUDY Scientists working on a ground-breaking COVID-19 15 | Rob Lordan research study are urgently calling for more taxi drivers who caught the virus to volunteer to sign up and 16 | Steve Kenton help. The unique GenOMICC COVID-19 study, led by Genomics England and the University of Edinburgh 18 | Al Fresco analyses the genes of people who have had the virus to discover why some experienced mild or no symptoms, FORMER PM IN LOBBYING SCANDAL 20 | Joe the TXE yet others became extremely ill and needed hospital Former Prime Minister, David Cameron, has treatment. The research study is open to anyone who once again been engulfed by accusations of 23 | Emma Lunn tested positive for COVID, but only experienced mild inappropriate lobbying on behalf of a private or no symptoms and didn’t require hospital treatment. company. The accusations relate to Mr Cameron’s 24 | Chris Ackrill Volunteers can register online and arrange for a blood work for financial services firm, Greensill Capital sample to be taken by a nurse at their home or book an and his relationship with its founder, Lex Greensill. 27 | Puzzler appointment at a local collection centre. Early results Concerns first came to light after the Financial from the study are already being used to develop Times and Sunday Times revealed that Mr 29 | Exclusive: Taxi Charity treatments in the fight against COVID-19. You can find Cameron had lobbied the Chancellor, Rishi out more at https://covid.genomicc.org/ Sunak on Greensill’s behalf at the start of the 30 | Musher Meg pandemic, in an effort to secure the troubled Puzzler answers company access to a government-backed COVID loans scheme. After being investigated by the lobbying watchdog which he actually set up himself as 3 LTDA PM, Cameron has been cleared of wrongdoing. Taxi House 133 Great Suffolk Street, The Labour Party however, has now asked SE1 2PP T: 020 7286 1046 | www.ltda.co.uk the Committee on Standards in Public Life to @TheLTDA investigate broader allegations around access given Editor to Lex Greensill, who was an adviser to Number Katie Combes E: [email protected] 10 during the Lib Dem / Conservative Coalition Commissioning Editor UBER APPOINTED TO RUN Government. Labour have also raised questions Nick Hartop about Mr Cameron’s work since leaving office as E: [email protected] HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE FERRY TfL has appointed Uber Boat to run the Hammersmith an adviser for Greensill, with a considerable stake Produced by Century One Publishing Ltd Bridge Ferry service. The ferry will run alongside the in the company’s financial future and whether this Alban Row,27-31 Verulam Road closed Hammersmith Bridge, transporting up to 800 crossed ethical boundaries. St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4DG. T: 01727 893 894, F: 01727 893 895 cyclists and pedestrians across the river at a time, This all comes as no surprise to those of us in E: [email protected] the taxi trade, who remember Cameron’s close www.centuryone.uk between 6am and 10pm daily. This follows rumours that Lime (part of Uber) has been selected as one of relationship with Uber’s former PR chief Rachel Advertising Sales Executive Jack Green T: 01727 739 196 the providers for the London e-Scooter trial, despite Whetstone and Cameron and Osborne’s lobbying E: [email protected] the company’s poor track record on issues including campaign to protect Uber from regulatory Creative Director workers’ rights and safety and its difficult relationship changes proposed by TfL and then Mayor of Peter Davies with the transport regulator. This leaves us wondering London, Boris Johnson, revealed by the Daily Designer & Advert Coordinator Caitlyn Hobbs what contract Uber and its affiliates will win next? Mail in 2017. 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Reg No: FRN 833132 4 www.ltda.co.uk @TheLTDA General Secretary | Steve McNamara The Fight Goes On “It is important to remember that the Mayor and TfL haven’t won anything here, they are just being allowed to appeal.” month, many members are getting the same. Steve’s comment in touch wondering whether there I have also written to the Treasury is any other support available and again on the SEISS, to explain the wanting to know more about the serious problems caused by the grants some local councils have delays to the fourth grant. I have fter what felt like been offering. As some of you asked that they do everything they months of waiting, will be aware, late last year and can to speed up the process for the last week, we received earlier this year, councils were fourth and fith grants to get self- the very frustrating given discretionary funding from employed drivers the support they newsA that the Court of Appeal government to support businesses need as soon as possible. had granted TfL and the Mayor hit hardest by the pandemic and permission to appeal the associated restrictions. Some There’s an election High Court’s judgement that councils, but not all, have made I have been keeping an eye on the the Streetspace Plan and A10 this funding available to taxi London Mayoral race, but apart Bishopsgate Corridor are illegal. drivers, through their discretionary from lots of relatively unknown The Judge’s decision is grant or Additional Restrictions candidates (either running as extremely surprising given how Grant schemes. independents or representing overwhelmingly in our favour the Most of these schemes are now newly established political parties) High Court ruled, but it is clear “We will fight closed as the initial funding had all rallying for the cab trade’s from Lord Justice Warby’s Order to be spent by the end of March, support, there has been little that he believes the Judgement was them on the bus- but we understand that there else happening. I have attended so significant and has implications only corridors, we may be other rounds to come. We a couple of virtual hustings for so many other cases, that he will fight them on will update members as we know events, but they have been pretty wasn’t prepared to just let it stand. more, but in the meantime it’s best uninspiring – including an Age the banned turns, to check with your local council UK event, to which half the main What’s next for the case? and we will fight and if you are having difficulty candidates didn’t even bother to It is important to remember that them on the road understanding their website or turn up. 5 the Mayor and TfL haven’t won completing an application then With rumours that even the anything here, they are just being closures.” call the LTDA and we can help. Conservative Party itself is pulling allowed to appeal. It will now Unfortunately, not every council support from Tory candidate, Shaun be down to them to make their is providing these grants for Bailey and recent polling from case, which they didn’t do very drivers. It very much depends Opinium / Evening Standard giving well last time. Plus, we still have a them on the road closures. on where you live and whether Sadiq Khan a 25-point lead, it all strong case of our own. The Judge No doubt this will spur on you meet the local criteria, so the feels pretty inevitable, like Sadiq will has asked that proceedings are some councils’ efforts to restrict whole process has been difficult just stroll back into City Hall and expedited in view of the important our access, particularly those like to navigate.
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