Lib-Dems to fight Mayor’s Uber curbs

Lib-Dems are set to challenge key parts of Boris Johnson’s plan to rein in Uber.

The party will vote on a motion to oppose measures which include banning the minicab-hailing firm from showing the location of available cars in its app and making private-hire customers wait five minutes between booking a car and setting off.

Caroline Pidgeon, the Lib-Dem candidate for mayor, said: “It makes no sense to make a passenger wait to get a cab if they can see the cab waiting for them there.”

The Mayor has said the measures, currently subject to consultation, are needed to ensure private-hire cabs operate legally. Uber has said the plans make “no sense at all”.