Cardiff Council is expected to get tough on illegally parked or untaxed vehicles abandoned on the streets, and it could be removing 20 a week. It already has powers to clamp and remove illegally parked vehicles but does not always use them and the additional powers would see them taking over duties from the DVLA with abandoned cars early in 2019. Wales First Minister intends to decide on the … [Read more...]
Newslines 22 October
Abolition of the Severn Tolls in mid-December is expected to raise the number of vehicles using the two crossings by six million in four years. It will then approach 24M annually and put additional strain on roads west of Newport and the result of a public enquiry into a southern relief road around the city is shortly expected. London taxi firm Addison Lee is planning to introduce autonomous … [Read more...]
GMB hail another taxi victory
After the Uber ruling, GMB has won another victory for taxi drivers in Cardiff and London with a different company. GMB, the union for private hire drivers, has scored another landmark legal victory after an tribunal ruled Addison Less drivers are entitled to basic workers’ rights The Central London Employment Tribunal today found that a group of Addison Lee drivers were workers and were … [Read more...]