The former Brexit Secretary told LBC how a host of issues including haulage companies not training their own drivers along with a lack of pressure from the Government has meant the chickens have come home to roost in Britain's HGV industry as the nation feels the full impact of a 100,000 driver shortage.

       Mr Davis slammed how central to the issues is that the industry itself "didn’t pay attention early enough" to early warning signs.

       He explained how he used to run a transport company himself and it was there where he realised haulage firms "don't do their own work to train their own drivers".

       The Conservative MP claimed how this issue was compunded over many years as the Government didn’t do enough to push them to act on the systemic issues.

       He said: "We knew this would be a problem, we were hoping it wouldn’t be but we thought it might be a problem for Brexit three, four years ago."

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       He questioned "what have they been doing since" as he laid the blame on the industry as Britain is gripped by multiple shortages in the supply chain from food to fuel.

       But he insisted the issue is "soluble" as he claimed the Government can take further action to combat the issue now Britain is out of the European Union.

       Mr David added: We have now released, by deregulation outside of the European Union, an extra 30,000 testing places so it is possible to do it"

       According to the Road Haulage Association, there is now a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers in the UK.

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       Many have speculated as to the reason for the shortages, with Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic, and working conditions being some of the most common suggestions.

       The shortages have also triggered a petrol panic in Britain as the lack of drivers delivering petrol saw a collapse in the supply chain, spurred on by panic buying Britons who stormed forecourts to fill up following the news.

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