Temporary visa scheme to ease HGV driver crisis slammed as ‘too little too late’
Temporary visa scheme to ease HGV driver crisis slammed as ‘too little too late’
A shortage of petrol has been blamed on panic buying and a lack of lorry drivers (Picture: Getty/PA)
Government proposals to offer 5,000 foreign lorry drivers visas in an effort to ease UK supply issues have been blasted as ‘too little too late’.
Experts have said there is a shortage of around 100,000 HGV drivers, which will continue to cause various problems, including supply chains in the run…