Government announcement on HGV shortage

chrismurray1501:
So what happens to us lot who spent best part of £1500 quid on class 2? Hardly seems fair especially if you wanted to get straight on to class 1 work.

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In '76 it cost me £296 to go straight to class 1, wages roughly £40/60 for a bloody long week when i was on vans saving up, so what 6 weeks gross wages?

Say a wannabe driver is on £600 gross now for a weeks wages (for a similar hard working week), so 6 x 600 = £3600.

If it costs you another £2000 to get your class 1 costs really haven’t changed much.