News / 'Whitehall must invest in better facilities to attract desperately needed truck drivers'

22/12/2016

The UK government must boost investment and improve facilities for truck drivers if it wishes to attract recruits to an industry suffering a 35,000-driver shortfall, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

The FTA call came in the wake of a report by Transport Focus on the need for safe parking and decent driver facilities at a planned lorry area for cross-Channel services announced in the 2015 Autumn Statement by then chancellor George Osborne.

“What we are keen to ensure is the ...