Labour Leader Calls for More Urgency to Plug UK Haulage Driver Shortages

Labour Leader Calls for More Urgency to Plug UK Haulage Driver Shortages
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer in a file photo dated Dec. 6, 2019. Jonathan Brady/PA
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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has repeated his call for greater urgency from the government to tackle haulage driver shortages, ahead of a visit to an HGV training center.

He dismissed as a “sticking plaster” a recent government announcement that it will increase places on a fast-track “skills boot camp” by 2,000 to 5,000 to boost the number of lorry drivers.