Issue 284 M arch 202 3

We Need To Know If A Deal Was Agreed Between Trade Group And Tfl

Unfortunately, for the second consecutive edition of The Badge our headline story again highlights the relationship between TfL and the LTDA.

Many of you would have read last month's issue (still available on the LCDC website) when we wrote about E–bus lanes and the recommendations made to TfL back in 2018

This month's story relates to 2023’s tariff increase (or not an increase) The trade groups meet up with TfL regularly and debate the increase (see pages 4-5), but it appears that the LTDA opinion did not mirror that of the other trade groups sitting around the table

TfL Head of Licensing, Helen Chapman, attended the Finance Committee meeting, where she went as far as stating that only one trade group agreed with TfL’s final decision to award us just 7 6%, and after speaking to the heads of the other trade groups it left only the LTDA

In fact the LTDA went as far as to commission a members’ survey where it supposedly was neck and neck, but the results perhaps made it easier for the LTDA to support TFL recommendations?

At the last TfL and Trade Group meeting in January, the new commissioner, Andy Lord, mentioned a private meeting he had held with Steve Mac back in December Some might say as the LTDA are the largest trade group that's acceptable, but if there was any deal agreed in private, then that is certainly not

Most of us find it hard enough to get down the gym once or twice a week - so the achievement of London cabbies Daren Parr, Bob Barber and Stuart Lockhart, rowing across the Atlantic for charity - is truly mindboggling.

The trio endured weeks of misery and danger as they rowed the 3200 miles from Lanzarote to Antiguaand raised £13,000 for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, The Stroke Association and a Tanzanian orphanage

Truly inspirational work by some of London’s finest To find out more and donate to their causes, visit:www cabbiesdoatlanticrow com

We at the LCDC don’t often bang our own drum when it comes to helping our members with their legal troubles A lot of the cases which come our way with members are quite sensitive and we respect their wishes to keep things in house and out of the paper which I can fully appreciate.

However, not only do Payton’s Solicitors offer our members a 24 Hour Duty Solicitor 365 days a year, but since getting involved with the Club, our solicitor Keima Payton has the distinction of having a 100% success rate in all her cases which she has handled on behalf of the Club’s members

Keima Payton has a fearsome reputation in court and should ever the need arise you will find no one better able to fight your corner and save your Badge than Keima.

- Grant Davis, LCDC Chairman