Uber offers 20 hours of free childcare in bid to lure female drivers

Uber offers 20 hours of free childcare in bid to lure female drivers 50 minutes ago Share Save Tom Gerken & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images Every Uber driver in the UK will be eligible for 20 hours of free childcare under a new scheme intended to get more women driving taxis. They will be able to use the allowance through a nannying and babysitting app for the rest of 2025. "We really, really would like to attract more female drivers onto the Uber platform," said Uber UK General Manager Andrew Brem. But the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which represents drivers, said "anyone can see through" what it called a "cynical PR stunt". "If Uber really wanted to support families, they would pay drivers enough money so that they could afford time off to be with their children," it told the BBC in a statement. "Instead Uber's insultingly low fees force drivers to spend so long on the roads that in many cases relationships rupture and famili ... Read full article.