Victoria, London, May 26th 2015.  London's cabbies protest near Transport For London's HQ in Victoria against what they say is unfair competition from less regulated minicab operators who are supposed to take only pre-booked fares but are picking up passengers off the street, and the peer to peer Uber taxi-booking app which is making operating a licenced London taxi unsustainable. They complain that minicab operators fcould be putting the lives of their passengers at risk because they do not have to meet the same standards and background checks as black cab operators.
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