The real cause of the driver shortage crisis is an obscure tax law called IR35

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The UK’s crippling shortage of HGV drivers has been created by a perfect storm of factors all coming at the same time – and causing an unprecedented supply chain crisis.

Some of the reasons are well known. Of course, Brexit and the Covid pandemic have played a major part – exacerbating an unhealthily stretched workforce to leave the supply of drivers unable to meet demand.

However, a crucial factor that seems to have been overlooked, and one that more than half the ...