UK bus companies face a shortage of drivers

Bus operators across the country — including Stagecoach — are losing many of their drivers and job applicants, according to a Stagecoach employee.

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Many UK bus drivers are quitting their jobs to, instead, work as HGV drivers amid a shortage of lorry drivers — which was mostly caused by Brexit. The main reason many bus drivers are becoming HGV drivers is because they are being promised better pay, not because they want to help with the issue.

Only two out of ten job applicants - who applied to become bus drivers - showed up to their interviews, according to a Stagecoach employee. The main reason for this is, of course, better pay.

The issue is causing UK bus operators to run less frequent bus services and less convenient routes amid the shortage of drivers.

"Thanks Brexit," said Steve Bray, a pro-European activist.