All I can say is RIP to all the new drivers who just spent £2000-3000 lured in by the up to £50 000-78 000 a year headlines.
I don’t work in general haulage but I can see the day in a not too distant future when all our work will be outsourced to the Turkish/EE equivalent of Culina/Freshlink and it’ll be work for £10 p.h. or good bye. Word has reached me (100% certainty) that a certain 3 letter company (recently re-branded) is now paying £11.50 per hour (days, more for noon/night shift) to all their warehouse employees and they have a warehouse 5 mins from me so there’s always that 
paid breaks too and 24 days hol + 1 each year up to 33 I think?