News / Bringing back EU drivers to ease shortage 'a sticking plaster on a gunshot wound'

Independent hauliers believe mounting calls for the UK government to provide temporary permits for EU drivers is like putting a “sticking plaster on a gunshot wound”.

Accepted figures put the country’s driver shortage at around 100,000, with some suggesting the number is “much higher” .

The British Ports Association (BPA) has become the latest industry body to call on government to review its post-Brexit immigration policy, which forced 30,000 EU drivers out of the country.

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