Uber claims written English test will put thousands of drivers out of work.

Uber claims that thousands of its drivers will be put out of work. If Transport for London let them pass the English tests saying “The move creates indirect discrimination.

Lawyers for Uber said the transport body’s own calculations suggested that 33,000 out of the more than 110,000 private hire drivers in London would fail the test, which will be required for those who do not already have qualifications such as GCSE certificates.