Olaf Scholz, poised to become next chancellor, wades into row over HGV driver shortage.
Olaf Scholz, set to take over as German chancellor after coalition talks, offers advice to UK.
“Drivers shortage is just the beginning, the warehouse operators will be the next to leave.”
This lorry driver tells James O'Brien that no European HGV operator would take up the UK's offer of a 3-month visa to save Christmas.
The government is planning a temporary scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.
As BP closes sites ... the Road Haulage Association's Rod McKenzie says issues are down to Brexit, the pandemic and a historic shortage
24/09/2021
"#Newsnight was the first TV programme to highlight this in the summer... the government could have acted then." / As BP closes sites due to a lack of lorry drivers, the Road Haulage Association's Rod McKenzie says issues are down to Brexit, the pandemic and a historic shortage
Petrol crisis: Change to Brexit immigration rules in pipeline to ease lorry driver shortage and fuel chaos
24/09/2021
Cross-government emergency meeting expected to agree temporary visas for HGV drivers – and hundreds of military personnel could be making deliveries to fill empty pumps.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the fallout from Brexit is still to come, as the UK grapples with supply chain delays and truck driver shortages that could cause Christmas disruption to the retail sector.
HGV shortage: EU drivers set to snub Boris Johnson’s appeal to solve UK petrol crisis with Brexit visa offer
24/09/2021
Marco Digioia, general secretary of the European Road Haulers Association, said: “I expect many drivers will not return to the UK even if the UK Government allows them to.”
The oil giant has warned the Government it will struggle to keep supplies topped up and called on ministers to change jobs rules for drivers.
Drivers are being urged by the Government to “buy fuel as normal”, after the lorry driver shortage hit supplies.
Boris Johnson believed to have overruled ministers unwilling to compromise on post-Brexit immigration as forecourt queues mount
Scotland farmers say the festive tradition could be the latest casualty of supply issues caused by Brexit currently plaguing the nation.
I’m having to drive from Glasgow to Dover to pick up food from EU: Industry leaders warn over empty shelves due to Brexit
19/09/2021
Hotel and restaurant staff are travelling hundreds of miles to pick up produce as Britain’s lorry driver shortage leaves supplies stranded in warehouses, industry leaders say.
Sir Roger Gale said one firm has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce "because there are no pickers and no drivers".
'Sir Roger Gale (Tory MP) says one farming business in his constituency has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce due to no pickers and no drivers.'
15/09/2021
Sir Roger Gale (Tory MP) says one farming business in his constituency has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce due to no pickers and no drivers. / There are cries of “Brexit, Brexit” around the house… and the Govt front bench looks nervous.
Listen to Nigel Farage and he'll tell you the biggest problem in Dover is a swarm of immigrants, flooding its beaches. / But the number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats is relatively small. / Meanwhile, the UK haulage industry has been brought to its knees by a driver shortage induced by Brexit and coronavirus.
As gaps continue to appear on supermarkets shelves and restaurants take unavailable items off menus, Britain’s supply chains appear to be at the centre of a perfect storm of pandemic disruption coupled with post-Brexit labour shortages.
Export health certificates on food from the EU will now only be needed from July 1 next year - instead of October 1 under previous plans - after a crisis of lost lorry drivers and empty shelves.
From one end of the supply chain to the other, the UK's food producers have endured a summer of trouble.
HGV driver shortage: The Government can’t fix the lorry crisis until it admits it was caused by Brexit
10/09/2021
They know that Brexit lies at the heart of what is happening, and that what’s happening must therefore be ignored.
A dairy farmer said he was told to dump his milk after a shortage of lorry drivers meant it could not be collected.
Why are there not enough people? What has suddenly happened that South Holland’s farmers cannot get the harvest in?
June 2021 saw 31 haulage firm insolvencies, the highest in a single month since January 2019 as Brexit and driver shortages bite, according to data from Tower Bridge-based audit firm Mazars that was shared exclusively with City A.M. this afternoon.