Taxi Private Hire notice 22/10...

Taxi Private Hire Notice 22/10...

National Fraud Initiative

Important information for taxi-cab drivers...

We have just been reading the latest TPH notice 22/10 signed by the director of taxi private hire John Mason and we really do have a serious concern about our information being sent to a quango that is about to be scrapped.

Considering that the audit commission is to be culled it would probably be advisable for TFL/TPH not to send our details to that quango..?

The RMT London taxi branch will be emailing the Transport commissioner Peter Hendy advising him so, we would ask all trade orgs/unions to do the same. We look forward to the redrafting of TPH notice 22/10 if this is appropriate and any response from the TPH directorate. Please note the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles MP announced on the 13th August 2010 that the audit commission would be scrapped please click on link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10970008 . The TPH notice is dated the 19th August 2010.

Before any transfer of data is to take place we need to be assured of who or what body will be taking over these responsibilities from the audit commission.

Join the specialist transport union at http://www.rmt.org.uk/ you get a voice, a vote and great representation but not an air freshener...

Breaking News...

Iain Dale of LBC 97.3 fm presented/hosted a very interesting and lively debate of the two hopefuls who wish to gain the Labour Party nomination for the Mayor of London election to be held in May 2012.

Oona King former MP for Bethnal Green and Bow debated with Ken Livingstone the former Mayor of London live on a very well presented and informative show. Many commentators placed Oona King in the lead with a clear 2-1 victory on the night however the London taxi trade was shocked to hear former Mayor Ken Livingstone announce that if the signage was right (eg roof signs) he would allow mini-cabs into bus lanes.

It was certainly clear that even after two terms in office Ken Livingstone still doesn't understand that the job of the London taxi-cab driver is totally different to the job of a mini-cab driver. London taxi-cab drivers need to have access to the kerb and bus lanes for we pick up/set down 90% of our work from the kerbside and are metered. If mini-cabs were allowed access to bus lanes the cost of a taxi-cab would rise and the delay to buses across the capital would be unbearable.

Londoners will have to choose who should be Mayor in 2012 but for now Labour party members will choose between Oona King and Ken Livingstone. The spectre of Ken Livingstone once again falls over the taxi trade in London but this time he has a real fight on his hands just to gain the Labour nomination.

Oona King for Mayor, something tells me that's got a nice ring to it...

London taxi-cabs...

London Taxi-cab drivers simply the best...

• Knowledgable
• Well mannered
• Clean and presentable

Yes London Taxi-cab drivers are simply the best in the world and all of us should be proud of the badge we gained, the way we trained and the excellent service we provide.

Click on the link http://bit.ly/bDwtEU to hear branch chair John Kennedy speaking to James Whale on LBC 97.3 fm regarding this great news about our trade. 

The RMT is a specialist transport union and the RMT is proud to have a branch of London Taxi-cab drivers...