Call to scrap London taxi driver ‘Knowledge’ test
11 December 2015
From the section London
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The Conservatives said the black cab industry needed to be updated to complete with app-based companies
The test which all black cab drivers in London must pass to secure a licence should be scrapped, according to the capital’s Conservatives.
The Greater London Authority Tories called the test – known as the Knowledge – “archaic” and a “major barrier” for recruitment.
The exam requires drivers to learn 25,000 street names.
Drivers’ representatives said they were “stunned and shocked” by the suggestion.
The Saving An Icon report by Richard Tracey found black cab drivers needed to make …read more
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