‘Snowball’s chance in hell’: Ex-HGV driver says visas won’t solve shortages by Christmas | ITV News

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A former lorry driver has described how dire working conditions, including a lack of access to toilets and showers, have driven thousands of men and women out of the haulage industry, resulting in the shortages that have triggered this week’s petrol crisis.

Although Duncan Garwell said poor pay was a big issue, especially with long working days, he argued that the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, was “on another planet” if he thought that money alone would fix the issues that had led to mass shortages.

“The problem in the industry is so deep rooted – you can’t just throw money and paper over the cracks,” he said, adding that there was “a snowball’s chance in hell” of getting this sorted by Christmas with 5,000 temporary emergency visas and training for new drivers.

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