Keir Starmer failed a mock driving test after hitting a small fence as he reversed a lorry on a track in Oldham on Tuesday. Immediately after striking the object, an instructor sitting next to Starmer told him: ‘You would have failed your test.’ The Labour leader answered the instructor, ‘Ok, very good,’ before buckling up again to finish the course. The Road Haulage Association says the UK is facing a shortage of about 100,000 drivers, a result of workers leaving the industry, the pandemic putting a stop to driver training and testing for about a year, and post-Brexit immigration rules that prevent hiring drivers from Europe.
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