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Sina Technology News Beijing time on August 16 morning news, it is reported that Uber said today that its ride-hailing service will raise prices across the UK to attract more drivers. Of these, Uber's fare in London will rise by an average of 5 per cent.

The price increase for ride-hailing services across the UK will not be exactly the same, Uber said in a statement on Monday local time. The company's main goal is to attract another 8000 drivers in London to meet taxi-hailing demand in the local market.

A year ago, the mass departure of drivers led to a shortage of Uber's ride-hailing service in London. At that time, many drivers joined Just Eat Takeaway and Amazon to work in takeout and express delivery. Last year, after COVID-19 's epidemic eased slightly, Uber also invested heavily to attract drivers back, resulting in losses.

The British GMB union said in a statement on the same day that the price increase of Uber was due to the union. Uber officially recognized the British union last year. The move follows a landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court that forced Uber to classify some drivers as regular employees and pushed Uber to offer similar paid leave and minimum wage rights to all 70,000 drivers in the UK.

Uber says it has attracted 10, 000 drivers across the UK since offering paid leave and pensions.

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