Rejected petition Scrap CPC increase working hours for HGV drivers let drivers operate sole trader

The CPC should be scrapped it’s not useful the driving And Woking times for Hgv drivers should be increased permanently also give drivers the options to work as sole traders

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This would definitely make more people taking up the job as Hgv drivers and would help cover the shortage crisis uk has

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for CPC certificates to be scrapped: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591225

HGV drivers can already operate as sole traders. It is up to individual drivers whether to do so.

We could accept a petition calling for the hours HGV drivers can work to be increased, but you would need to be clear how you wanted current rules to be changed.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 5 August 2021
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