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Have lorry drivers, and the road haulage industry in general, ever been more in the news than now? As I write this, the driver shortage seems to be showing few signs of easing, despite the offer of a limited number of short-term visas to overseas drivers.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there seem to have been few takers so far for the opportunity to return to work in a country which a few months earlier decided, rightly or wrongly, to end those same people’s automatic right to work here. I certainly can’t see ‘going overseas’ for five months appealing to the cream of European drivers. What it might attract, though, is some lower-quality drivers who can’t find driving work at home…
Many of you will, I’m sure, have received ‘the letter’ asking…
