How self-employed are Addison Lee's 2,400 cab drivers?

Order a taxi anywhere in the country and the odds are, the driver who picks you up will be "self-employed".
But how self-employed are they really?

In areas where the pplates for black cabs are regulated - If you don't have ££££s for a plate, you will no doubt be renting a cab. Rents can vary in Greater Manchester from £200 to £350 a week, add in £100 - £150 fuel, and you soon begin to wonder what your hourly rate is for a 35 - 40 hour week.

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London-based Lancaster Private Hire has lucrative contracts with a string of big firms, including the BBC.
Most of its drivers are eastern Europeans who were told they could earn £400 or more a week in take-home pay.
However, we've heard that the reality for some is very different.

Alin Condrutz, from Romania, worked for Lancaster for two months last year and averaged £99 a week, after deductions for car hire, insurance and a security "bond".

Taxi cap lift could hit town cabbies

CONTROVERSIAL plans to lift a cap on the number of taxi licences could "drive cabbies out of business". That was the view of taxi drivers in response to a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition initiative to claw back £3.4m to balance the books.

It is part of the council's Growing Revenue and Cost Recovery Project, a scheme drawn up by accountancy firm Deloitte to look at ways to generate more income by reforming everything from waste management to advertising and sponsorship.

The document is yet to be finalised, but one idea includes uncapping the borough's  Hackney Carriage licences, in line with other authorities and increasing the charges to generate an estimated additional £83,500.

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