"According to various sources, there are close to 100k vacancies for HGV drivers across the UK. The Government’s plans to reduce the shortage look like they will fall well short of what is needed.

The reaction of the transport minister is similar to that of the health minister at the start of the pandemic, trying to ignore the issue until it was clear it wasn’t going away without intervention.

With the shortages in supermarkets slowly worsening and deliveries of fuel to petrol stations also becoming a significant issue, it wasn’t helpful when the only answer the transport minister had when asked for a comment at the weekend was the that the issue is being overplayed and the queues at petrol stations are merely being caused by the British penchant for joining a queue.

According to various sources, there are close to 100k vacancies for HGV drivers across the UK. The Government’s plans to reduce the shortage look like they will fall well short of what is needed.

The Business Secretary issued Government plans specifically aimed at the fuel supply sector yesterday. The plans include provision of short-term visas to drivers coming from abroad and the suspension of competition rules to allow better information sharing to ensure provision to those areas where supplies are particularly low.

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