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Fears in plan for cabbies

Taxi drivers in Preston have threatened to take industrial over controversial plans to amend rules regarding taxi drivers set out in a new bill before Parliament.

GMB, the union for professional drivers, say the introduction of unregulated taxi drivers - ending criminal records checks, vehicle checks and local licencing - will be a hammer blow to the taxi and private hire industry.

The union says that it cannot rule out direct action by members over changes to laws on taxis government included in the Deregulation Bill 2014.

On Tuesday the Government had a committee vote to push the bill through to the next stage - which the GMB says fast tracked the controversial plans.

Mick Rix GMB National Officer said: “One of the amendments related to operators granting licences that could be used in other areas - someone in Newcastle could grant a licence to someone who may then work in Preston.

“That means checks can’t effectively be enforced in another area. They wont be checking vehicles or drivers. Its a transport safety nightmare.”

Mick Rooney, cabbie for M Line on Chatsworth Street, said: “At the very least something should be set up for local driver checks to still be in place. We don’t want rapists driving taxis.”

Mark Selly, of Preston Hackney Carriage Association, added: “ CRB checks are the thin edge of the wedge. Preston has 187 Hackney licences - if they deregulate that restriction who knows how many there would be - its a threat to workload, takings and people just doing their job.”

source: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/fears-i ... -1-6526511

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George Carlin

Are the GMB reading a different deregulation bill to the rest of us?

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George Carlin

I fail to see what's wrong with common driver licencing. It happens with bus and lorry drivers with few problems.

If you don't understand something - just make it up?

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PERHAPS YOU WOULD CARE TO ASK MR RIX HES EMAIL ADDRESS IS mick.rix@gmb.org.uk

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They certainly do seem to be making it up. Where does it say that an operator can grant a license?
Also where does it say that they are not going to have regulated taxi drivers?

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IDFIMH

good for him, I'm glad he has email, although perhaps he should start actually reading what's written?

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All this has got f*** all to do with the pros and cons of the Deregulation Bill, and everything to do with signing up new members.

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IDFIMH

Really Sussex you obviously know more than most perhaps you could be so kind as to elaborate on what appears to be somewhat scurrilous activity

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Well if you aren't aware of such activity, then I haven't got a spare week to elaborate on it.

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IDFIMH

I'll have a bash.

firstly the following statement is either a downright lie or Mr Rix has been misled by someone;



As you well know Terry, what is happening is basically bringing the rest of England and Wales into line with London law - I personally think the DfT have gone mad - but I haven't resolved towards telling fibs - although they are c*nts.

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in other words you made it up......................................most unlike you

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Misled????? wonder who would do that.

as far as London goes the industry is totally corrupt / virtually unregulated ........... and fraught with workers unable to combine and defeat the c=nts as you put it

good old Boris the Tory arzole whose allowed it ...................jasus christ its enough to drive yer to the gargle..............give it an hour..........bit early even for me

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