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Liam McDonnell

OPINION - I'm a Black Cab driver and this is why I'm facing extinction — unless we get help

More than half of London’s black cabs are zero emission capable, new figures show (Alamy/PA) -

Aside from Big Ben and the beefeaters outside Buckingham Palace, there isn’t much that’s more iconically London than the black cab. As instantly recognisable to tourists on their first day in the city as they are to lifelong Londoners, our vehicles and the service we provide are part of the lifeblood of this city.

But a new report published by the Centre for London this week has warned that London’s black cabs could face extinction by 2045.

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