{"id":741756,"date":"2026-02-04T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/741756\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:47:09","slug":"watch-uber-vs-black-cabs-why-londons-drivers-say-the-rules-are-failing-them-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/741756\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Uber vs black cabs: why London\u2019s drivers say the rules are failing them both"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years, the debate over taxis in London was framed as a straightforward battle between black cabs and Ubers.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2026, this dichotomy feels increasingly outdated \u2013 instead of one side winning, drivers on both sides say the system is failing them. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swlondoner.co.uk\/news\/05122025-londons-black-cab-trade-is-at-a-crossroads-can-it-survive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London\u2019s black cab trade is shrinking<\/a>; squeezed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxi-point.co.uk\/post\/tfl-raises-knowledge-of-london-application-fees-to-650-despite-drop-in-aspiring-black-cab-drivers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high cost of licensing<\/a>, running electric vehicles, and undertaking the Knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The Knowledge is a notoriously difficult exam that all London taxi drivers must pass to gain their license, and includes memorising over 25,000 streets.<\/p>\n<p>Uber, once seen as the the future of the cab industry, is now facing tighter regulation, higher tax bills, and growing unrest among its own drivers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/uber-drivers-plot-exodus-as-platform-swerves-taxi-tax\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recent VAT changes<\/a> have pushed fares up, leaving passengers paying more and drivers absorbing the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>For riders, journeys are less predictable and no longer cheap, and efforts to level the playing field for cab companies have left few clear winners.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more in the video below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Featured image credit: Szabolcs Szarapka via Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For years, the debate over taxis in London was framed as a straightforward battle between black cabs and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[191863,748,1228,393,4884,257,15600,16,15],"class_list":["post-741756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-black-cabs","tag-britain","tag-driving","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-uber","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116012439777172950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}