![]() ![]() The committee also wants planning rules to be relaxed so more lorry parks can be built. Ministers are yet to accept a proposal from the MPs for big firms to be slapped with a new tax if they fail to build better rest stops for drivers, which include clean toilets and showers, food options including healthy choices, and sufficient provision for female drivers. “All key to valuing drivers in an employment market where drivers can earn good wages elsewhere,” Mr Merriman said. The transport committee is calling for better training, facilities and vehicle security to encourage staff to stay in their jobs. “Only a radical overhaul… will see more people consider HGV driving as a good career.” READ: Police warn Stoke-on-Trent residents to check their £20 notes Drivers are retiring and not enough is being done to recruit a younger and more diverse workforce. We have watched a sector struggling with recruitment and retention. Tory chair Huw Merriman said: “Without a new approach, the Government risks sleepwalking into another supply chain crisis. The committee said that with Christmas just weeks away, ministers are 'unlikely' to prevent a repeat of previous disruption when shops struggled to get hold of essentials and fuel pumps at garages ran dry, the Mirror reports. Members of the Commons transport committee warn that forecourts could also run out of fuel due to a shortage of HGV drivers, unless urgent action is taken. ![]() ![]() The government is 'sleepwalking' into another lorry crisis that could leave supermarket shelves empty this Christmas, MPs have warned. ![]()
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