🔳 𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐇 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐁𝐒 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐟𝐋 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲.

Four years ago after an expose’ in the Sunday Times newspaper from a Met inspector Neil Billany, TfLTPH said they would no longer accept DBS checks from Onfido, saying they were unsafe. Later in was alleged the company was actually in partnership with Uber. 

TfL claimed the online checks carried out by the company were unsafe and said they would write to all 13k PHV drivers involved and get them to apply for genuine DBS checks from the official source. This did not happen and only 2,600 drivers were asked to re submit. 

According to the App Drivers Couriers Union, TfLTPH have now  mysteriously handed First Advantage (a shadowy company from the American Deep South) a monopoly DBS contract in London…and are insisting that all PHV drivers source their DBS from this one company. 

https://twitter.com/adcunion/status/1647339046857744389?s=46&t=mVEd2guPoO-MyV3Ra6k42w

ADCU posted on Twitter at the weekend saying:

BREAKING: @TfLTPH monopoly DBS check supplier @firstadvantage is hopelessly compromised!  

FA is controlled by gig economy VC  Silver Lake which is also a major investor in Didi Chuxing who are desperately seeking a London PHV operator license despite much political opposition. 

This shadowy company from the American deep south was mysteriously handed a monopoly DBS contract in London by @TfLTPH? 

How many dangerous criminals have they allowed to be licensed in London? 

How many innocent people denied a livelihood?

Shouldn't TfL hold Silver Lake controlled @firstadvantage to the same standard of probity as @onfido? If not, why not?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐟𝐋?