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Transport Workers
June 13, 2025
UK Retail crime bill welcomed as frontline delivery and transport staff face increasing safety risks
Retail crime protections are expanding under the Crime and Policing Bill, as delivery drivers and rail staff call for similar safeguards amid rising incidents.
May 7, 2025
Government lowers train driver age to 18. New policy change that will lower the minimum age to become a train driver from 20 to 18,
February 28, 2025
Britain’s Lorry Driver Shortage Resurfaces: Empty Shelves Loom as LGV Driver Numbers Decline. Britain is once again grappling with a severe shortage of lorry drivers
July 2, 2024
UK’s longest serving bus driver, kenny beckers, vows to stay behind the wheel. Kenny Beckers, 76, from Swansea, is believed to be the UK’s longest serving bus driver.
April 18, 2024
Lowering the minimum age requirements for bus coach and lorry drivers across Great Britain. UK Proposes lowering age requirements for bus, lorry and coach drivers.
January 4, 2023
28% Wage boost offer to HGV drivers. A Somerset-based haulage company has attracted new staff by offering a 28 percent increase in wages.
April 20, 2022
Union backs country to deliver ‘modern’ rail network for workers. Britain’s ancient rail architecture and create a ‘modern rail network fit for the 21st century
April 7, 2022
Union urges transport sector to ‘scale-up recruitment’. British Airways cancelled around 100 flights, although the company claimed that only a small proportion of these (5 percent) were directly ...
February 11, 2022
The Workers Union Welcomes Transport Consultation For Economy. Union has welcomed the news that the government is consulting on the future skills