Transport For London (the governing body) have set it is not illegal as the law only covers meters that are mechanically attached to the car not an app that use

Transport For London (the governing body) have set it is not illegal as the law only covers meters that are mechanically attached to the car not an app that uses information about location/time/distance. So they're complaining that they'd like the law to be different so that Uber could be temporarily banned until they code a workaround. Pointless.