> I stopped using Uber and went back to taxis. I've never used Uber. But the various local taxi companies seem to have recently formed a cartel; they won't tak

> I stopped using Uber and went back to taxis. I've never used Uber. But the various local taxi companies seem to have recently formed a cartel; they won't take bookings before 9AM, muttering about "the school run". This is new, I booked a taxi at 7:30AM two months ago, to go to the hospital, and that worked fine. Last week I was forced to either book before 7 (and spend an hour in a waiting room), or cough-up £18 for a ten-minute trip. For clarity concerning this school-run nonsense, school starts at 9AM here, and few kids go to breakfast clubs.