Taken for a ride: Transport Minister A Government Minister has launched an inquiry into the employment of foreign cab drivers after he was caught up in an outbreak of ‘taxi wars’…
A Government Minister has launched an inquiry into the employment of foreign cab drivers after he was caught up in an outbreak of ‘taxi wars’ at his party conference.
Transport Minister Norman Baker was left seething during the Liberal Democrat gathering in Liverpool after he hailed a black cab from the dock area and asked the driver to take him to a smart restaurant on top of the tallest building in the city.
Despite the tower housing the Panoramic, the UK’s highest restaurant, being just 1,200 yards away, the non-English-speaking driver drove around in circles for nearly half an hour trying to find it………
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