DPD and Deliveroo improve working conditions after driver death

Delivery firm DPD has said it will guarantee its self-employed couriers a minimum wage of £8.75 an hour. The promise comes months after the death of a driver who couldn’t go to hospital because of his job.

Don Lane died of diabetes in January after missing appointments with specialists because he did not want to face DPD’s £150 daily penalties if he could not find someone to cover his shift. He had been fined before for attending an appointment related to his illness and had once entered a diabetic coma whilst in his delivery van.