A Brexit "benefit" or a bit of spin? Read on!
Freight companies are reporting a "massive" shortage of lorry drivers, which is pushing up wages, and will increase prices of goods in the shops.
It is partly because of the pandemic, which delayed 30,000 tests for new drivers. Companies also blame Brexit, pointing out that 15,000 European truck drivers left the UK in the last year.
Big supermarket chains, desperate to ensure their food gets to their stores, are offering drivers nearly double the going rate.
Small firms have had to compete to stay on the road.
Mr Cook a director at Wrings trucking told me they have just given their drivers a 25% pay rise.
He said: "That's a lot of money, and we are retaining our drivers and bringing new employees into the company. But we have had to pass that cost onto our customers."
Other firms have decided they can't do that, because their customers will not pay more for haulage.
In Shepton Mallet, Somerset, I met Dan Gray, commercial director of Willmotts Transport.
They run trucks across Europe, but now have up to 10% of their lorries parked up idle every day.
Like many transport firms, Willmotts had a steady supply of drivers from eastern Europe over the last two decades. But last year, that all changed.
When the pandemic struck and European trade slowed down, drivers were furloughed.
Many went back to their home countries, to be with family.
"Since the effects of Brexit, they haven't wanted to come back," explained Mr Gray.
"They can earn just as much in Germany, France or Poland, so there's no real need to be in the UK."
But they couldn't come back now even if they wanted to.
Since 1 January, EU citizens are covered by a new immigration system, which gives priority to high-skilled roles.
HGV drivers are not among the list of eligible skilled occupations, which means they are excluded from a skilled work visa.
So although it was Covid that made European drivers leave the UK, the new post-Brexit rules have stopped them coming back.
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