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GMB demands government comes clean over ‘cosy’ Uber relationship

The government must come clean over its apparently cosy relationship with US taxi firm Uber, demands GMB, the union representing Uber drivers. Revelations suggest bosses of the ride-sharing app enjoyed a close relationship with the Conservative administration in 2015. GMB wants the government to reveal details of the relationship and reassure members nothing untoward took place. According to UK media reports, ex Prime Minister David Cameron’s government staged a cover-up over failed plans to crack
March 27, 2017 Read time: 1 min
The government must come clean over its apparently cosy relationship with US taxi firm 8336 Uber, demands GMB, the union representing Uber drivers.

Revelations suggest bosses of the ride-sharing app enjoyed a close relationship with the Conservative administration in 2015.

GMB wants the government to reveal details of the relationship and reassure members nothing untoward took place.

According to UK media reports, ex Prime Minister David Cameron’s government staged a cover-up over failed plans to crack down on Uber. The ex-PM and his chancellor George Osborne got aides to lobby then London Mayor Boris Johnson against curbs on the taxi giant, it is said. But it has emerged No.10 failed to give details under Freedom of Information laws last year, says the Daily Mail.

Opposition politicians pointed out that Rachel Whetstone, a senior vice-president at Uber, is a personal friend of Cameron and Osborne.
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