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his newspaper is asking for information about taxi drivers who come before a committee of councillors. We have made it clear we are NOT asking for personal details of the drivers, but WHY they have been brought before
meet each month to either review applications to become a taxi driver, or to revoke or suspend Hackney Carriage or private hire licences for disciplinary matters. The council’s Hackney
licences so the mere fact individuals are being
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brought before the committee is, we believe, of interest to the public. The WHT asked for 1, the nature of the policy contraventions or
recommendations to the committee and 3, the decision reached by the committee. The council failed to answer the three individual questions and issued a blanket response. It included: “The council takes the view that it is appropriate in the circumstances to exempt that information from the reports which are made available to the public. “The committee has to
anganese Bronze Holdings, the leading manufacturer of the distinctive London taxi, has announced that sales have been particularly disappointing having been affected by lower earnings for taxi drivers from the Icelandic volcanic ash fallout with airports being closed.The company said that the end of the Government’s scrappage scheme from the end of March and the introduction of the new showroom tax which had added almost £350 to the cost of a vehicle from April 1st. However, Manganese Bronze said that its Chinese manufacturing partner Shanghai LTI (SLTI) had won funding for international sales that
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balance the needs of the public with the rights of the individual concerned.” WHT editor Terry Mitchinson said: “The council’s response is unreasonable. We are not asking for individual’s details. The committee may be acting in the best interest of the public, but we have no way of knowing as all meetings are held in secret. “Court cases are open to the public, but we aren’t even asking for access to the meetings, we just want to know why people are being suspended or banned from driving taxis.”
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http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/
should help to achieve a planned level of international sales of 1,000 vehicles a year. In March, the company announced that it would cease the manufacture of taxis at its Coventry plant this year, resulting in 60 manufacturing operations redundancies. The redundancies will cost around £0.8 million and, in addition, tooling and presses for the current TX4 model will be written off at a cost of £2.7 million. In future, Manganese Bronze will import a kit of bodies and panels from SLTI for assembly in Coventry into a ready-for-sale TX4. The cost saving from implementation of the change in operation is expected to be £4 million a year.
Minister of State for Transport Theresa Villiers MP
he Prime Minister has announced the appointment of Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, as Minister of State for Transport. Mrs Villiers grew up in North London. She studied Law at the University of Bristol and later at Jesus College, Oxford. After graduating she worked as a barrister and a lecturer in law at King’s College, London. From 1999 to 2005 she served as an MEP for
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the London region, before being elected as MP for Chipping Barnet in 2005. Mrs Villiers was appointed as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and subsequently as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport. She lives in Arkley in the Chipping Barnet constituency, where she was re-elected to Parliament at the May 2010 General Election.
Theresa Villiers MP
he Prime Minister has announced the appointment of Philip Hammond, MP for Runnymede and Weybridge to be Secretary of State for Transport. Mr Hammond was raised in Essex, attending school in Brentwood before going on to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at University College, Oxford. Prior to his election to the House in 1997,
New Transport Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed as the Secretary of State for Transport
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he followed a business career in small and medium-sized companies in manufacturing, consultancy, property and construction and oil and gas, both in the UK and abroad. In recent years, Mr Hammond has held a number of shadow portfolios, most recently as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He is married with three children.
Philip Hammond MP
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