Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites

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Britain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary visas to truck drivers to alleviate an acute labour shortage that has led to fuel rationing at some filling stations and warnings from retailers of significant disruption in the run-up to Christmas.

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Lorries are seen at an HGV parking, at Cobham services on the M25 motorway, Cobham, Britain, August 31, 2021.

Newspapers reported that the government would allow up to 5,000 foreign drivers into Britain on short-term visas, a measure that logistics companies and retailers have demanded for months but which the government had previously ruled out. The UK's Road Haulage Association says Britain needs 100,000 more drivers if it is to meet demand. The driver shortage has been caused partly by Brexit and COVID-19, and the loss of about a year of driver training and testing.

"We’re looking at temporary measures to avoid any immediate problems, but any measures we introduce will be very strictly time limited," a spokeswoman for Johnson's Downing Street office said in a statement.Ministers have cautioned against panic buying, and oil companies say there is no shortage of supplies, merely problems delivering the fuel to the gas stations.said it had to close some of its outlets due to the driver shortages.

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really, temporary visa , would you come to a country that has fuck it self rite in the foot to work then be told to leave when all is ok , thankyou leave voters as you all have a lot to answer for the same as this fucked up government , we are screwed

Oh no😯 more emigrants heading to our shores... Cue 'White Cliffs of Dover'

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