Taxis outside Waverley Station, Edinburgh
MORE THAN 80,000 taxi drivers face “imminent destitution” as city and town centres remain deserted during the coronavirus lockdown, Unite has warned.
The union said that 82,000 taxi drivers in Britain have reported a 95 per cent slump in income since the lockdown began.
In London, some drivers have reported takings of just £10 after a seven-hour shift.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
