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Escalator Stays Says Redwood
• The government has no intention of ending the fuel duty escalator, according to Shadow Transport Secretary John Redwood. "The government is continuing to tax hauliers off the......
French Drivers Plan More Blocks Farmers Stop
• Demonstrations involving around 2,000 French truck drivers are threatening further misery for international hauliers who are already counting the cost of two days of blockades......
Are Uk Hauliers Competing?
by Guy Sheppard The influential parliamentary Transport Select Committee is to investigate how effectively the UK haulage industry competes with its rivals on the Continent. The......
Meat Delivery
• Irish meat haulage ground to a halt last week when farmers began a nationwide blockade of plants in protest at new meat inspection fees imposed by the factories. Raw materials......