"The ongoing crisis in the logistics sector reached a new high yesterday as one major supplier began to ration petrol as supplies begin to run low.
Issues over supply as demand has returned following the lockdown have been exacerbated by the scarcity of HGV drivers. This has been caused by two factors that are linked by Brexit.
Since UK haulage firms could employ drivers from within the EU at a low wage in comparison to what was expected by British drivers, the sector failed to employ local workers.
The ongoing crisis in the logistics sector reached a new high yesterday as one major supplier began to ration petrol as supplies begin to run low.
As soon as the EU nationals began to leave the UK due to the changes to employment rules post-Brexit, the shortage began, and costs began to rise due to the demands of locally sourced drivers.
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