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With the threat of a Christmas shortage of turkeys, the UK government is under pressure to create a short-term working visa scheme for foreign lorry drivers, the BBC reports. The Covid pandemic and Brexit has left transport firms desperate to recruit drivers and government departments have been in discussion options with the industry, including introducing special visas. Ministers have rejected calls to introduce visas for drivers while urging firms to use local labour. The industry wants drivers to be added to the official UK Shortage Occupations list, enabling them to qualify for a skilled worker visa. Is UK immigration the magic bullet for industry? But the government wants the industry to employ British drivers, which the industry said is impossible in the short term due to the training costs and time it takes to pass the rigorous HGV (heavy goods vehicle) driving test in the UK. Training HGV drivers typically takes six to nine months and costs up to £7,000. Many British drivers claim that the low pay and