Of 128 private hire drivers reported to police over four weeks in the capital, 79 worked for Uber

Almost two-thirds of people accused of minicab driving offences in London work for Uber, according to police.

In internal emails obtained by The Sunday Times, Inspector Neil Billany, head of the Metropolitan police’s taxi and private hire unit, said 62% of all alleged minicab driving offences over the previous month had involved the company’s drivers. Uber employs only about a third of London’s minicab drivers.

The offences include causing death by dangerous driving, careless driving, drink-driving, driving without insurance and speeding.

In the emails, written on July 7, Billany said he had “concerns with Uber as an operator”, adding: “I am seeing an increasing amount of my team’s workload relating directly to them . . . there seems to be a disconnect between them taking