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Originally Posted by g jones

In Hyndburn there were two cases.

A Sex Offender was given a licence.

The second case made less news but was significantly worse. A Taxi Driver was caught committing a sex offence. The Police held him in the cells and asked HBC to revoke his licence. HBC did not. He went on to commit another sex offence. HBC then blamed the Police in the press saying they were silent and did nothing. The police have no powers an DID MAKE a strong compelling case whilst the guy was in the cells to withdraw his licence to HBC. HBC rejected it. This was one another one of Britcliffe's lies that was never uncovered properly.

Next week will see a Labour motion on Taxi Licences banning all sex offenders (convictions or another loophole, cautions) for 10-15 years (Currently 3 for convictions only). For a sense of direction on this matter, Labour Councillors are debating whether we should make it longer.

The sex offender has been discussed on here thats why I left it out....IMHO if a taxi driver is sent to prison for whatever reason his licence should be revoked and never re-instated......but of course it doesn't make much of a difference to my life as I tend not to use taxis unless I am with someone else.........as a driver you see how they drive and the state of the taxis, that should be enough to put anyone off.