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Britain needs 200,000 HGV drivers. So why can’t new drivers get hired?

Britain needs 200,000 HGV drivers. So why can’t new drivers get hired?

Pölös Zsófia

Pölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 7.08.2026

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