The number of lorry driver licences issued this year is on course to equal or exceed pre-pandemic levels in the latest sign that the shortage of labour is easing. Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, said: “We’ve taken 32 measures so far to tackle the global driver shortage here in the UK and I’m delighted the industry is seeing the green …
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As many as nine in ten forecourts have run out of fuel with the rest set to run out quickly, experts have warned amid a weekend of chaos that saw an ambulance hit a car in a petrol queue and ministers suspending competition laws in a bid to beat back the crisis. As the developing fuel crisis unfolds, it was …
As part of the plans, the Department for Transport will launch a drive to convince thousands of retired British drivers back on to the roads, as well as looking at further ways to speed up the time it takes for new drivers to qualify. The shortage of drivers has been exacerbated by a backlog of 40,000 waiting to take their …
