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Taxi drivers angered by rise in fees


TAXI drivers have voiced their concerns over a proposed hike in licensing fees.

Members of the Wyre Forest Taxi Drivers’ Association have penned a letter objecting to the planned five per cent rise in Hackney carriage and privatehire licence fees to Wyre Forest District Council, ahead of its environmental and licensing committee meeting next Monday.

The association said fees had already tripled over the last three years, adding there had been an increase of three per cent every year.

The letter asked: “Council rates have remained the same for the lastthree years but our fees still keepgoingup– why?”

The letter claimed the council had made savings fromwagesafter losingits chief licensing officer, reducing vehicle testing from three a year to two andbyonlyhaving licensing officers available two days a week.

In the agenda notes, the authority explained that the licensing functions were now centralised. A central licensing team deals with issues, with licensing officers available from Monday to Friday.

It added about 40 licensed Hackney carriage vehicles would no longer meet the current age criteria in June and might not continue to be licensed, leading to additional legal support costs and a “substantial” reduction to the taxi account income for 2013/2014.

Committeemembers are setto endorse the increase, which was set out inthe authority’s 2013-14 budget, andconsider the objectionletter atits meeting at WyreForest House, at 10.30am.

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For a moment CC I thought you where having an attack of Charley ituse, the way the article is written on here, so checked the link, is Charles moonlighting??

they have used all the right letters and even got them in the right order. I think they have a problem with the space bar.

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