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UK transport industry faces a shortfall of 100,000 lorry drivers
Industry experts say the shortage of lorry drivers in the UK is largely the result of Brexit and the pandemic, which led to 14,000 European drivers going home and just 600 of those returning.
Saturday, 28 August 2021
BBC News
- Hire UK workers to drive lorries, minister tells firmsThe business secretary rejects calls to relax immigration rules as companies struggle to fill vacancies.
Financial Times
- UK businesses told to hire Britons to fix lorry driver shortageMinisters rebuff calls by industry to allow foreign hauliers to fill vacancies
Times Online
- Post-Brexit immigration rules could be eased for lorry drivers [Subscription]Ministers will consider easing post-Brexit immigration rules to help end a shortage of lorry drivers amid mounting pressure from supermarket chains.
Mail Online
- UK transport industry faces a shortfall of 100,000 lorry driversIndustry experts say the shortage of lorry drivers in the UK is largely the result of Brexit and the pandemic, which led to 14,000 European drivers going home and just 600 of those returning.
Birmingham Post
- Nissan hailed for green leadership after joining UN climate change campaignThe firm has signed up to the Race to Zero campaign a month after unveiling plans for a world class gigafactory in Sunderland
London Evening Standard
- Bank holiday getaway hit by ‘severe’ congestion across motorway networkThere were jams on a number of motorways in England including the M1, M5, M6, M25 and M56 on Friday afternoon.
Reading Evening Post
- No M4 closure for Bank Holiday weekend - with smart motorway work to resume next weekClosures will resume from the coming weekend as work on the smart motorway project continues
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- Should Uber be allowed a pilot scheme in Oxford? Readers have their sayOxford Mail readers have joined the debate about Uber’s new pilot scheme with taxi company 001 Oxford.
- The beautiful but dangerous Yorkshire road forced to close 70 days a yearSnake Pass, linking Sheffield and Manchester, is a hotspot for accidents
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