The last Friday's decision by Mayor and transport for London to not renew uber's license to operate in London has been met with mixed reactions. According to Transport for London (TFL), Uber is not fit and proper to hold a private operator license in the city and has raised safety concerns.
Uber is immediately challenging the decision in court and has started a petition to be signed to save the jobs of 40,000 drivers who rely on the app for their daily living and the 3.5 million London customers who use uber as means of transportation.
The petition, on change.org, said that Uber provided a “safe, reliable and affordable ride”, and that its users would be “astounded” by the ban.
“By wanting to ban our app from the capital, Transport for London and their chairman the Mayor have given in to a small number of people who want to restrict consumer choice,” it added.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Saturday backed his London mayor Sadiq Khan, telling Sky News that authorities had done the “right thing”. “Obviously people need to be able to travel, obviously they want to be able to access cabs,” he said. “Those cabs must be safe, must be regulated and must be available for all.”
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