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Nov 2020
Ripon's 25 taxi drivers have had a plea for grants to make their vehicles covid-secure rejected by Harrogate Borough Council.
The drivers approached the council for help towards measures such as installing screens and hand sanitiser units.
Richard Fieldman, a former chair of the Ripon Taxi Association, said:
The council has also refused to let drivers reduce their overhead costs while they were unable to operate during covid by changing the category of insurance on their vehicles from business to private and leisure use.
Mr Fieldman said:
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