TfL has today informed Uber that it will not be issued with a private hire operator licence. Uber pushed back against TfL’s allegations in a statement:“Drivers who use Uber are licensed by Transport for London and have been through the same enhanced DBS background checks as black cab drivers. “To strip Uber of its license after five years of laissez faire regulation is a testament to a systemic failure at TfL. Rather than banish Uber, TfL should have strengthened its regulatory oversight, curbed runaway licensing and protected the worker rights of drivers.”The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, meanwhile, welcomed the ruling. TfL then granted the company a four-month temporary license while it was considering whether to renew the license for an additional five years.

Source: Huffington Post September 22, 2017 10:16 UTC