Tag: lorry

Sector must improve lorry driver conditions or face tax, MPs say

Sector must improve lorry driver conditions or face tax, MPs say

The haulage industry should be given two years to make changes or face a new tax, a report says. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
What’s been causing lorry queues at Dover?

What’s been causing lorry queues at Dover?

A spokesperson for Logistics UK, which represents hauliers, ferry companies, ports and customs agents, told Reality Check: "The queues we are seeing n [...]
Lorry driver shortage: Government to lift rules on foreign haulier deliveries

Lorry driver shortage: Government to lift rules on foreign haulier deliveries

The government wants to lift the limit on how many deliveries a lorry driver from abroad can make in the UK. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Haulier shortage: Keir Starmer fails mock lorry driving test

Haulier shortage: Keir Starmer fails mock lorry driving test

The Labour leader was warned to move to the left while visiting a HGV driver training centre and taking a lesson.But after reversing the vehicle, a [...]
Petrol station closures spark lorry driver row

Petrol station closures spark lorry driver row

Some forecourts closed on Thursday amid a driver shortage that has caused havoc with supply chains. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Morrisons requires motion on lorry driver dearth

Morrisons requires motion on lorry driver dearth

The grocery store chain joins others within the food and drinks business demanding a particular assist with visas. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Operation Brock: Brexit lorry controls ‘may keep’

Operation Brock: Brexit lorry controls ‘may keep’

A Division for Transport spokesman mentioned: "Whereas Operation Brock was created to cope with disruption attributable to EU exit and in response [...]
Covid: Lorry drivers arriving in England to be examined

Covid: Lorry drivers arriving in England to be examined

Hauliers, cabin crew and jail escorts coming into the UK might want to take a Covid check from 6 April. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Brexit: 71 pages of paperwork for 1 lorry of fish

Brexit: 71 pages of paperwork for 1 lorry of fish

How new guidelines on exporting to the European Union have affected a British fishing agency. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Lorry drivers protest at post-Brexit fish export guidelines

Lorry drivers protest at post-Brexit fish export guidelines

Lorry drivers have been holding up the visitors in Westminster to protest about difficulties promoting fish exports to EU nations this yr.They decl [...]
Brexit: 'My £50,000 shellfish lorry was delayed for 30 hours'

Brexit: 'My £50,000 shellfish lorry was delayed for 30 hours'

A Welsh shellfish exporter says she is fighting new post-Brexit border guidelines. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Brexit: UK-Eire lorry visitors at Holyhead port slumps

Brexit: UK-Eire lorry visitors at Holyhead port slumps

Brexit visitors measures launched at Holyhead port www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Essex lorry deaths: Trial was halted after Priti Patel tweet

Essex lorry deaths: Trial was halted after Priti Patel tweet

Following the Outdated Bailey trial which ended on Monday, two males have been discovered responsible of manslaughter and two others have been conv [...]
Coronavirus: Ebbsfleet Covid-19 take a look at centre shut to develop into lorry park

Coronavirus: Ebbsfleet Covid-19 take a look at centre shut to develop into lorry park

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