Three quarters of British truckers expect to go out of business within just 2 months due to the coronavirus outbreak

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• UK truckers are pleading with Boris Johnson's government to provide more financial support.
• 75% expect to go out of business within two months due to the coronavirus, a new survey found.
• Over half of the respondents said they expected their business to collapse within a month. 
• Lorry drivers moving goods other than food and PPE are particularly at risk, with demand for goods like clothing having plummeted since the outbreak of the pandemic in the UK.
• Opposition parties have called on ministers to give the haulage industry the support it needs to survive.
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UK truckers are warning Boris Johnson's government that they could go out of business in weeks without more financial support for dealing with the impact of the coronavirus on their industry.

The truckers are playing a vital role in transporting essentials like food and PPE around Britain during the coronavirus pandemic, but their futures still look bleak. Three-quarters say they don't expect their jobs to survive beyond two months, a stark new survey, conducted in the latter part of April and published this weekend, has found.

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