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Up to 100 lorries are expected to converge on Edinburgh, where they will stage a go-slow protest through the capital.

Many of the hauliers will start off in Glasgow before making their way along the M8 motorway to meet up with others at Hermiston Gait and entering Edinburgh.

The convoy will head towards the city centre, travelling at 15mph, before parking in Regent Road.

Three trucks will be escorted by police to the Scottish Parliament, where a letter will be handed to transport minister Stewart Stevenson.

The protest comes a fortnight after hundreds of lorry drivers took to the streets of London calling for a cut in fuel duty.

David McCutcheon, one of the organisers, said the rising cost of fuel had left many hauliers in a "dire" position.

The managing director of Bothwell-based Bullet Express said the company was having to pay an extra £125,000 a year for fuel.

"The Government are enjoying a lot of extra revenue that they didn't account for due to the doubling of the price of oil," he said.

"They are raking all that extra cash in and at the same time we are suffering. We have to go out there to keep our businesses running and keep the country running."