Uber says not clear what prompted London regulator to strip it of licence

By REUTERS
September 25, 2017

LONDON: Uber said on Monday itwas not clear what concerns London´s transport regulator hadfor stripping it of its licence as the taxi app battles to keepoperating in one of the world´s wealthiest cities.

On Friday, the British capital´s regulator deemed Uber unfitto run a taxi service and decided not to renew its licence tooperate, which will end this week, citing the firm´s approach toreporting serious criminal offences and background checks ondrivers.

"Sitting down with TfL (Transport for London)representatives as soon as possible would be the most helpfulthing to really understand their concerns to work out what theyare," Uber´s UK Head of Cities Fred Jones told BBC radio.

"It´s just not clear for us what their concerns might be."

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