Now growing Uber scandal engulfs another minister

Last summer, Business Secretary Sajid Javid was facing a couple of very awkward questions.
They had been posed by Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, a trade union which represents the capital’s 24,000 traditional black cab drivers. And they concerned a thorny topic: the Tory minister’s relationship with Californian-based internet firm Uber.