to say its the fault of brexit alone is nonsense. its been coming for 5 or 6 years haulage firms have been scraping around for drivers as they wanted to keep wages low, because of covid/brexit/ir35. many european drivers decided to go home to family and havent/arent able to return. many who werent paying uk tax were being stung by the ir35 changes.
the haulage industry have known for years there was a shortfall in drivers getting their licenses and drivers retiring etc. thats why companies like stobart spent a fortune trying to attract ex military drivers when the forces were reducing.
but of course the fact its been brewing for years doesnt suit some peoples political bias.
theres plenty of blame to go around, lack of planning and refusal to pay the decent wage by hauliers,getting caught out when their cheap roumanians etc had to go home. govt not thinking through the effects of ir35 and that with covid people want to be with family.i know of many poles who had settled status here so could have stayed but with covid they went home to help parents/grandparents. govt again over complicating and not enabling testing and training to be done through covid.
so now at least the hauliers etc are being forced to pay decent wages etc.
not every problem is a result of brexit.