Grant Shapps has announced policy aimed at foreign lorry drivers to help ease supply chain problems

Ministers have announced plans to allow foreign lorry drivers to make an unlimited number of pick-ups and drop-offs within a fixed period in the UK in a move aimed at tackling supply chain problems. Announcing the rule change, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said: “We don’t want ‘cabotage’ to sabotage our industry.”

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