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The UK freight industry has given a mixed reaction to yesterday’s Budget, in which the government finally began to specifically address the driver shortage crisis afflicting the haulage sector, while also maintaining the tax rates on diesel.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said the government ...

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