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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Lynch

Lorry driver conditions should be ‘improved or sector should face a new tax’

PA Wire

The road haulage sector should be given a two-year deadline to improve conditions for lorry drivers and recruit more workers or face a new tax, ministers have been told.

A cross-party group of MPs has called for the logistics industry to “get its house in order”, including better overnight facilities for drivers and new training routes to recruit more hauliers, as the sector faces labour shortages.

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