Unions attack moves to tempt European lorry drivers back to the UK

Queues at a petrol station in Colton, Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)

The British Government’s plan to tempt thousands of European lorry drivers to return to the UK has been attacked as a “sticking plaster” which will do little or nothing to resolve the current crisis.

Union leaders representing transport workers in the UK and across Europe said the problem, which has sparked chaos at petrol stations for days, follows years of “supressing” pay and conditions in the industry.