Act now over worsening driver shortage crisis to avoid supply chain meltdown, RHA tells government .

The RHA has renewed its plea to the government for urgent action to ease what it calls a growing crisis in driver shortages – made worse by the introduction of IR35 tax changes. The association said pallet firms, in particular, are having to extend-next day deliveries by up to five days. The situation was critical even before the pandemic, it said, with many EU truckers heading home for Brexit-related reasons. But the ‘complete failure to test new drivers during lockdown’ […]