Forget Brexit, we need a paradigm shift in attitude to solve driver crisis

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Recent driver pay spikes must be consolidated and become common practice for the UK to stem the loss of haulage capacity, but a cultural reset is essential for the industry to rebuild.

Actions by government and large haulage firms over the past decade have tarnished the profession, and the press focus on Brexit, as the reason for the driver shortages, is sucking the oxygen from the true causes.

This fixation on Brexit as the cause is a nonsense; the shortage is a ...