Shortages of lorry drivers across East Anglia are reaching crisis levels.
Supermarkets have been apologising to many customers because of gaps on the shelves brought about by a chronic lack of drivers.
Brett’s Transport near Peterborough operate 75 lorries, but they cannot work at full capacity as they are in need of another 10 drivers.
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Across the UK it is estimated that 100,000 extra truckers may be needed - as many left during the pandemic.
Now there are calls for short and long term solutions to be found.
Many retailers have faced shortages of some products, the Co-op told us there has been ‘patchy disruption’.
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There is not just one reason for the driver shortages. Truckers returning home to Europe, a backlog of 30,000 lorry tests because of coronavirus and changes to tax rules have all been blamed.