Sudbury wrote:
Recently we cabbies were informed by letter of our new fare proposals being put forward by our local LA.
At the same time, a piece appears in the local press from the LA about our "Pay Rise"
I posted a news article a few days ago elsewhere on here, and remarked upon the fact that it seemed like a pretty straightforward fare rise.
Indeed, the reported quote from the licensing officers makes it sound like a pretty bog standard scenario:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35473Quote:
The report by licensing officer David Price said: "Fares for Hackney carriages in Babergh district have not increased since August 2016 and a review, revision and consultation are now required.
"The review has been brought about by an increase in costs for Hackney carriage proprietors over the last three years and verbal requests from elements of the licensed trade for the council to undertake a review of the table of fares."
So it would be interesting to know how this came to be reported in the press as a straightforward fare rise when it's anything but - the council spinning a line to the press, or the press misreporting it? Either or both wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
As for your best course of action, can't really add much to what the others are saying on here.
But the legal route is perhaps best avoided unless you have deep pockets and/or a cast iron case. Doesn't seem that long since Guildford was challenged on the fare drop there, and that didn't end well for the trade.