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Military personnel “would not have a clue”, should they be drafted in to plug the UK’s 70,000+ HGV driver shortage.

Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) CEO James Bielby last week urged the government to consider putting army trucks on standby to ensure food distribution.

But one ex-Royal ...

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