UK government rejects temporary EU visas to ease driver shortages
The UK government has rejected industry calls to issue temporary visas to European truck drivers to ease the shortages which have played havoc with supply over the last few months.
Ministers turned a deaf ear to pleas from logistics and retail trade bodies for it to grant temporary working visas to heavy goods vehicle drivers from Europe, although the government accepted the need to look at offering more training courses to ease the shortage.
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