MP urges council to rethink ban on pub’s free taxi service

MP urges council to rethink ban on pub’s free taxi service

An MP has demanded a council rethink its decision to ban a pub landlord from offering his own free taxi service.

MAKE AN EXEMPTION: MP wades in urging council to RECONSIDER ban on pub’s charity taxi service

A campaign to reinstate a charity-linked lift service run by a Kent pub landlord has gained political backing after Katie Lam wrote to the leader of Ashford Borough Council urging the authority to reconsider its position. The dispute centres on The Flying Horse, where the landlord had been offering customers lifts home in exchange for an optional donation to the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The service was stopped after council licensing o…