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Limit on Basildon taxis?

http://www.basildonrecorder.co.uk/news/4854677.Limit_on_Basildon_taxis_/

Basildon Council is considering calls for a limit on the number of Hackney Carriage taxis in the district from the Basildon Taxi and Private Hire Forum.

The council’s licensing committee will discuss next Wednesday requests from parts of the local taxi trade who want a return to limits on the numbers of vehicles operating in the district. A cap was scrapped in 2005.

Some cabbies believe it has led to a surplus of drivers in the district, which has affected their trade and they want an independent survey into the issue.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

So the plan is to do what with these surplus cabbies?

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IDFIMH

Send them to Flintshire, they are looking for some

http://taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13286

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Mick Hildreth (07814 032002)
GMB PDB P39 Southern Region Branch Secretary
mick.hildreth@gmbtaxis.org.uk
www.gmbpdb.org.uk

GMB criticises lack of taxi regulation in Basildon
Basildon Council has come under criticism from a trade union for policies on taxi licensing in the local area which are claimed to be "destroying" business prospects.

GMB has labelled the authority "disgraceful" for its failure to limit the number of licences granted to hackney and private hire drivers in the locality.

It claims that this has led to overcrowding and excessive competition among cabbies, forcing many to work 90 hour weeks in a bid to keep their businesses afloat.

The union is therefore threatening to organise industrial action, including strikes, adding that the council must act to prevent damaging disruption prior to the local elections.

Terry Flanagan, branch secretary of the GMB professional drivers branch, said: "I call upon the council leader to initiate talks immediately to save the voters from what seems inevitable transport chaos."

GMB previously threatened strike action in nearby Chelmsford prior to the New Year period in response to similar concerns among local cabbies.

http://www.choicequote.co.uk/news/taxi/ ... sildon.asp

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin