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UK begs German banker to drive truck as Brexit shortage bites

Department for Transport targets German drivers, including an investment banker, to curb tanker shortage

The government this week announced plans to create a short-term visa programme for foreign truckers to help ease the current logjam
The government this week announced plans to create a short-term visa programme for foreign truckers to help ease the current logjam Photo: Getty Images

The UK government has written to German residents in the UK asking them to "come back" to the HGV driving sector.

The letter, sent to around a million individuals, including an investment banker, was written by the UK's Department of Transport to German nationals with a driving license issued before 1999.

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