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Nobody’s fuel: Britain’s shortages

The Intelligence from The Economist

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How Long Will the Shortage of HGV Drivers Last?

Five thousand temporary vises available for h g v drivers to come over from europe. But it's unclear how appealing moving to britain for just three months and then being deported on christmas eve is going to be. Wages have gone up but it takes a while to learn to reverse one of these vehicles, not an instant fix. And you know what our brittan economics correspondent will be writing about next week, where is the next shortage?

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