article_snippet: Concerns have also been raised about safety, including the decision to allow 18-year-olds to drive HGVs.
article_snippet: the official Budget red book states: 'the government will review the speed with which Heavy Goods Vehicle (HVG) driving tests and driver medical assessments currently take place and consider options to accelerate both in order to help address the shortage of qualified HGV drivers. '
article_snippet: Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin defended the new EU rules, arguing that drivers need to know how to drive drivers lorries properly.
article_snippet: If you're driving a motor vehicle, with the investment you've got in that motor vehicle, it's no bad thing to know what you're doing,' Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told the ConservativeHome website.
highlights_snippet: Budget report promises review of the time it takes to get HGV licence .
  