LIVERPOOL.

Taxi drivers angry over Bootle-based Delta's move into Liverpool staged a meeting on Monday night

Cabbies have met to discuss their next steps in the taxi war with private hire firm Delta.

The Liverpool Taxi Alliance, which held a protest of hackney cab drivers on Friday, over the decision of Bootle-based Delta to open a Liverpool office.

Monday night's meeting, attended by around 50 cabbies, followed Mayor Joe Anderson giving his backing to claims that taxi giant Delta is unfairly “saturating” Liverpool and taking a living away from city-registered drivers.

The meeting was held at at Blaze Cafe on Kempston Street with black cabs lining the road.

Any resolutions are not public at this stage but the mood inside the cafe was tense and another meeting is planned for later in the week.

During Friday’s protest, black cabs honked their horns and used a loudspeaker to shout ‘Joe must Go’ to show their anger about a situation they believe the Mayor has failed to deal with.

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