Queue-jumping app ‘immoral’

BUSINESS: A taxi app allowing passengers to “jump the queue” for £2 has been branded as “totally immoral” by a councillor.

Councillor Ted Strike raised complaints about the Boro Taxis mobile phone app in a debate about changes to licensing rules at Stockton Council.

He said: “It may not be illegal but I think it’s totally immoral when you can pay £2 when people have been waiting.”

The taxi company said the “jump queue” feature is used by customers all the time, stating it is similar to priority boarding at an airport.