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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by Carth
I'm struggling to think where 100,000 drivers have 'disappeared' to in the last 6 months. 
Did they all retire at the same time?
Have they been pinged by the Covid app?
Have they decided on a career change and gone pea picking?
. . . surely 100,000 out of 600,000 weren't foreign and gone home, leaving all those big wages behind  |
Lorry drivers wages are £18.5k to £35k for a 50 hour week - not bad, but not "big", imho…
https://nationalcareers.service.gov....vehicle-driver
Also, about 30,000 HGV driving tests were lost last year because of the Covid pandemic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-57587253
So, any new drivers (which is what a lot would be, to make up the shortfall, would be earning £7.11 an hour for a 50 hour week, including evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays (and when experienced, £13.46).
Woo hoo!! 
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Last edited by Hugh; 30-07-2021 at 15:28.
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