Letters sent to a million HGV driving licence holders in bid to solve crisis

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Letters sent to a million HGV driving licence holders in desperate bid to solve crisis

Drivers who hold an HGV licence are being encouraged by the government to get back behind the wheel of lorries to solve the current shortage crisis with nearly one million letters being sent out.

 

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Do away with your 5yr cpc shite and you will get a load of drivers back

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Who will take a job for 3months? When their is a permanent job in Europe.

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