The government said it would issue 5,000 three-month visas for truck drivers starting in October, and another 5,500 for poultry workers. Lack of driver testing during lockdownsOne cause of the trucker shortage is a backlog caused by the suspension of driver testing for months during Britain's coronavirus lockdowns. Instructor Graham Bolger directs learner truck driver Cadhene Lubin-Hewitt as he drives at the National Driving Centre in Croydon, south London, on Wednesday. EG Group, which operates about 400 U.K. gas stations, said it was limiting purchases to 30 pounds ($50 Cdn). The head of the Confederation of British Industry, Tony Danker, said the driver shortage was in part "a Brexit hangover."

Source: CBC News September 25, 2021 09:45 UTC