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@guidoacasa @unitetheunion Then that's what needs to be changed. How can a council licence an operator or vehicle in a controlled district that does not operate from there.

@OfficialLSTC @unitetheunion It permits them to do exactly that.

🚖 There are thousands of cabs operating on Wolverhampton plates all over the country. Your local council can't spot check the vehicle or the driver. This is 'cross-border hiring'. It undercuts the earnings of local drivers and it raises safety concerns for passengers. Nick, a Unite driver from Gatwick, explains more ⬇️

@guidoacasa @unitetheunion

@OfficialLSTC @unitetheunion Nobody thinks that a driver shouldn't be able to take a return trip to their home licensing area. AAABBA.

@UnitedCabbies There are 3 Acts of Parliament governing the private hire industry in England & Wales. 1. Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998. 2. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. 3. Plymouth City Council Act 1975. Are any of these Acts national, or are they all local?

The UCG have continually made Tfl aware of not just our concerns, but our members outrage that these apps are not geofencing. We have regularly provided photographic evidence. The Jump app geofences why aren’t the others . The UCG’s policy on this issue is Every single app that provides a Taxi should be geofencing and Tfl should be ensuring that they do.

@TootlestheTaxi @johnmcdonnellMP

Fresh concerns over Wolverhampton taxis in Portsmouth - BBC News A spokesperson for City of Wolverhampton Council stressed that it was illegal for it to refuse applicants a taxi licence "on the basis of where they live" ⁦@johnmcdonnellMP⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@The_LCDC @WolverhamptonCC @transportgovuk It will continue until someone within the London taxi trade sits down and reads the laws appertaining private hire and then challenges the drivers’ statement in a court of law. youtu.be/j0i6qi6oSdc

Just spoke to this @WolverhamptonCC licensed minicab driver who was POB asked him why he was working in London? laughing he said he could “work where he liked” WHAT A MESS @transportgovuk

@The_LCDC @WolverhamptonCC @transportgovuk It will continue until someone within the London taxi trade sits down and reads the laws appertaining private hire and then challenges the drivers’ statement in a court of law. youtu.be/j0i6qi6oSdc

@Sammyscarf @MayorofLondon @TfL @KeithPrinceAM The slaves that work for the likes of Uber.

@MayorofLondon @TfL @TfL @KeithPrinceAM And who’s going to fill the void, if we go? #Financialassistance

@SirLesPatt2 It’s the App proprietor that is licensed to accept the booking, so it is pre-booked as far as the vehicle (with a driver) is concerned, prior to the booking being allocated to it by whatever means.

@OfficialLSTC But they are not actually pre booked. They are waiting for app to ping?

Asked TFL if yellow badges can pick up in the GB sector. Someone just called me and said they are NOT allowed even on an app. Can only pick up in their suburban area. Said to report any drivers along with their badge number date and time.

@guidoacasa @Sammyscarf

@Sammyscarf That's about contracting, and it's not London legislation. It's difficult, if you have a 'booking' defined, to then claim that the very limited detail that the driver is agreeing to is a booking, when you have Uber with the full details who you claim aren't accepting.

Booked or not? If you accept an app request, know pick up and destination is there anything to negotiate? If you respond to a street hail do you know the destination?

@BondCabdriver Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 section 6(1) Transport for London shall have the function of licensing to ply for hire within the limits of this Act hackney carriages, to be distinguished in such manner as may be prescribed. Down to TfL to determine if it ply’s for hire.

Nobody has said they are or are not Mr Non De Plume! All we know is PFH is not defined.

@Taxi_Point Why do these MPs keep going round in circles. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 is not a National Act. The 1976 Act explained youtu.be/j0i6qi6oSdc

Government outlines core ‘push and pull’ factors driving private hire licence applicants to out-of-area authorities 🚨⬇️ taxi-point.co.uk/post/governmen…

@TM1654 Why not try asking the Hurlingham Club direct email communications@hurlinghamclub.org.uk

Any truth in the WhatsApp that’s doing the rounds . According to the WhatsApp, the Hurlingham Club don’t welcome Black Cabs anymore ?

@gabby_cabby tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis… Scroll down to How much will my application cost? Then with a bit of luck some 3 or 4 years later you receive your badge.

🚨 TAXI CRISIS UPDATE 🚨 Yesterday’s video has now hit 50,000+ views and the reaction has been explosive. People are finally seeing the truth: 🚕 Becoming a taxi driver costs THOUSANDS before you earn a single penny 🚌 Minibuses will become unaffordable overnight 📉 Rental fleets will collapse ⛔ The 7-year vehicle rule will destroy the local taxi service The local paper has now contacted me for comment — this is getting BIG. My full breakdown is here 👇 WATCH & SHARE — everyone in Thanet needs to see this. youtu.be/5I1ZlAUwyfk

Taxis: Licensing: 28 Nov 2025: Hansard Written Answers - TheyWorkForYou What proposals to prevent taxi and private hire vehicle drivers from operating predominantly outside of the local authority in which they are licensed? theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2025…

@The_LCDC London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 covers enforcing order at the ranks, and removing any person unnecessarily loitering there.

In Bromley a van gets a ticket for parking on a Taxi rank - How come in Central London the parking wardens say they cannot do anything? Ticket - Ticket - Ticket 😡😡😡

@Sammyscarf As the App providers don’t have manned operating centres in the controlled licensing districts they are licensed for outside London, what is the rule that determines whether they pay VAT or not.

@OfficialLSTC No clarification needed. Those who are ‘principal’ are liable to apply VAT, those who have agency are not (it’s the driver if they exceed VAT threshold). In London all operators are ‘principal’ outside they can still operate with agency model

Yesterday’s Tour Operator loophole announcement doesn’t solve the cross London border VAT situation.

@ianmarriott6422 @Sammyscarf You need to find out If the 1976 Act is to be interpreted as a national statute, or as a locally adopted Act applying only within each individual licensing authority’s jurisdiction. Then you have the answer.

@OfficialLSTC @Sammyscarf Then how can London licensed Uber wait very close to Stansted Airport until they are allocated a booking? ie be outside its licensed district when allocated a booking

Hackney carriages remain bound to the area in which they are licensed, but PHVs can continue to work anywhere in England and Wales? Hackney carriages are permitted to fulfill prebook work outside their licensing authority area!