Tag: haulage

Priti Patel urged to relax immigration rules with HGV driver-shortage crisis predicted to worsen

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A shortage of HGV drivers is threatening supermarket supplies with firms warning some shelves may be empty for months to come unless the government acts to address the labour shortage. Councils across the UK have also been forced to suspend waste collection services due to a lack of drivers with the Environmental Services Association (ESA) […]

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Suspend Brexit deal now, urges DUP MP – Northern Ireland is ‘one storm away’ from supply chain collapse, warns hauliers

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The UK government has been warned that Northern Ireland is “one storm or boat breakdown away” from “a collapse of the NI supply chain”. Michael Gove has received an 11-page report forecasting the grim scenario that could occur within five days without urgent action from ministers. Cabinet office minister Gove said the post-Brexit trade chaos […]

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