How does Manchester being a 'second London' with much investment put into it, make Uber earnings any good?
Increased population = increased drivers = less money.
Driving Private Hire in Manchester payed noticeably more money before Uber came along.
Even drivers in the 80's and 90's in Manchester earned far more money than drivers do now. That was before huge investment was put into the city, before large scale immigration and population increase. The result of the above has forced Manchester's working class to share their collective 'wealth' with newcomers. Thus leaving Mancunians worse off.
Projects like the so-called Northern Powerhouse are a huge con. Of no benefit to ordinary people who see their earnings decrease, communities broken, congestion, pollution, stress. Green belt/brown belt built on. Increased crime, or seemingly so. Concrete jungle.
'Second London' and huge investment only benefits big business.
Manchester will lose much of what makes it a great place.