thanks
from the article (www.ti-insight.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/European-Driver-Shortages-LB.pdf) .....
"Driver shortage in the UK reaching ‘crisis point’
Truck drivers are lost in a sort of Bermuda triangle of Brexit, pandemic and tax reforms/peak seasons,
leading to a pressing driver shortage in the UK.
Brexit effectively ended recruitment from the EU, making it legally impossible to recruit foreign HGV
drivers. The COVID-19 pandemic created a backlog of tests and saw around 15,000 Eastern European
driver returning home. Finally, newly introduced tax reforms exacerbated the exodus of EU drivers
from the UK which will only get worse over the coming summer.
From 2010 to 2017 the number of EU nationals driving HGV in the UK rose from 10,000 to 45,000, and
fell to 42,000 in early 2020, possibly related to Brexit. From March to June 2020, the number of EU HGV
drivers declined by another 15,000, to 25,000, recovering only slightly to 28,000 by the end of the year.
Additionally, the pandemic is also believed to have accelerated the retirement rate in the industry.
The so-called IR35 reforms by UK’s HM Revenue & Customs further exacerbated the issue. The
reforms required all contractors with a turnover of £10m or 50 staff to pay full tax and national
insurance on their drivers, starting in April 2021. Even though this was widely welcomed by industry
leaders, the reforms were adding to the shortage, who reject the drop in incomes that come with
regularising their tax status. Research suggests that around 12,000-15,000 EU drivers left partly due to
the pandemic and another 5,000-10,000 left due to the tax changes. "
so Brexit and fucking IR35 is the UK own goal
(, Wed 29 Sep 2021, 14:30, Reply)
"From 2010 to 2017 the number of EU nationals driving HGV in the UK rose from 10,000 to 45,000, and
fell to 42,000 in early 2020, possibly related to Brexit."
3000 possibly left because of Brexit.
Britain is short 60000 drivers.
Germany needs another 50000. Poland over 120000.
The issue clearly isn't brexit. The job simply isn't attractive enough.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 29 Sep 2021, 16:10,
Reply)
weirdly all those other countries dont seem to be having problems getting petrol to forecourts
(, Wed 29 Sep 2021, 16:18, Reply)
You really are the British equivalent of the MAGA hat wearing redneck saying 'thangs Obama'.
We don't have a problem here, because here the public wasn't goaded into panic buying by sensationalist media.
If you have a system based on 'just in time' logistics, it doesn't take much to collapse the whole thing.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 29 Sep 2021, 17:04,
Reply)
ah I see, the pro-EU media is engineering it all because they hate the tories and brexit
You really don't live here do you
(, Wed 29 Sep 2021, 17:20, Reply)
It's like arguing with a jehova's witness.
I'm done.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 29 Sep 2021, 17:48,
Reply)
Jehovas Witnesses are famous for their reliance of facts and insistence on recognizing reality, right?
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 30 Sep 2021, 12:35,
Reply)
it's strange why you stopped there at 42000?
"...fell to 42,000 in early 2020, possibly related to Brexit. From March to June 2020, the number of EU HGV
drivers declined by another 15,000, to 25,000, recovering only slightly to 28,000 by the end of the year."
so the number at the end is not 42000, but 28000
also add to the Brexit benefit list of HGV drivers having to go through through the monstrous lorry parks takes much longer, thus decreasing the availability of drivers - adds to the problem
IR35 is a bloody pain along with the loan charge, with HMRC implementing retrospective taxation
(, Wed 29 Sep 2021, 21:31, Reply)