Shortage of HGV drivers ‘not suprising’ but Brexit ‘not the main cause’

Shortage of HGV drivers ‘not suprising’ but Brexit ‘not the main cause’

The British army was put on standby on Monday to help ease fuel supply chain issues caused by a shortage of truck drivers as scenes of panic buying were observed across the UK.

Jonathan Portes, a professor of economics and public policy at King's College London, told Euronews that the shortage of truck drivers was "not surprising after reopening post-Covid" and that "Brexit had aggravated this" but was not the main cause.