On Friday, the UK government announced plans to encourage more new drivers on to the road by freeing up to 50,000 HGV test slots. It insisted the streamlined process would not affect HGV driving ...

Mr Flynn wants more to be done to reduce the back-log of drivers waiting for tests A lack of examiners is largely to blame for the UK shortage of HGV drivers, a lorry driving instructor has said.

Lorna recently passed her HGV driving test, joining the team of all male drivers. "There are lots of women HGV drivers around the country but it just happened this way that I’m the first here ...

showed a drop last year in the number of women taking up the HGV Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) driving test – ...