A strike involving 40 HGV bin lorry drivers employed by Coventry Council is “inevitable” after negotiations collapsed this week, according to union Unite. The union claims that during negotiations yesterday (31 July) the Labour-led council threatened the drivers with “significant cuts” to their terms and conditions and refused to negotiate “in any meaningful way”. More […]
Police in Suffolk stopped 56 trucks and 54 vans and detected 155 offences, as part of a week-long operation largely focused on HGVs. Operation Tramline saw police carry out patrols on the county’s major roads using an HGV provided by National Highways to enable officers to look directly into the cabs. Supporting police officers were […]
As the HGV Levy kicks in today (1 August), environmental groups are calling for the current day-based levy to be ditched for a distance-based charge, with a “major discount” for zero emission vehicles. Green Alliance, Transport Action Network, Possible, and Transport & Environment are demanding the government goes “further in embedding the polluter pays principle” […]