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In a letter sent to Downing Street last week, calling the prime minister to act, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) said the number of HGV drivers had reduced by 100,000 since the start of the pandemic.
It also estimated that around 30,000 lorry driving tests did not take place last year due to the pandemic.
Furthermore, before the pandemic, many EU lorry drivers in the UK had been EU nationals, but they returned home when coronavirus struck.
Kate Shoesmith, Deputy Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, added: “They [EU citizens] have either sourced work in their home countries or they feel it’s not right to return to the UK, either because of Brexit or the pandemic.”
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