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More foreign drivers to carry out UK deliveries

Currently EU drivers can only make two pick-ups or drop-offs each week.

The rules on the number of deliveries which overseas HGV drivers can make in the UK are to be relaxed to try to ease the pressure on supply chains. The government hopes the move will help to prevent shortages in the run-up to Christmas.

Katie Prescott speaks to Rod Mackenzie, Managing Director of Policy & Public Affairs at the Road Haulage Association which represents haulage firms.

Following that, Nick Robinson gets a European response from Edwin Atema, of the FNV union which represents drivers across the EU and Europe, before asking the Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, about what this means for immigration.

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