ministers are urging people only to fill up when they need to. the government is issuing temporary visas in the hope of bringing in 5,000 foreign lorry drivers. it s also suspended competition law, so that oil companies can work together to get more fuel to the pumps. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. from early this morning, the queues began to form. drivers seemingly desperate to fill their tanks. but 40 nhs desperate to fill their tanks. but a0 nhs workers like these, their frustration is clear. i ao nhs workers like these, their frustration is clear. frustration is clear. i need to get to work and frustration is clear. i need to get to work and people frustration is clear. i need to get to work and people have - frustration is clear. i need to get to work and people have been i frustration is clear. i need to get. to work and people have been panic buying so i have struggled to get fuel and i will be late for work. every petrol station i went to, i went to asd
and it s notjust furlough. on the same day, a special lower vat rate for tourism and hospitality will also go. the stamp duty holiday ends, too. next week, the millions of people on universal credit will begin to see benefit payments cut. for those left out or excluded from the main support schemes, this has been their only lifeline. most people who receive the £20 a week in universal credit are already in work. of the rest, many of those who cannot work are not expected to work because they are caring for their family or they are caring for someone in their family who is disabled or they are ill at the moment and they can t work temporarily. the idea thatjust because there are more jobs and there are vacancies, we won t need the £20 per week is really wrong. actually it s much more of a long term conversation
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like that don t have to be made. ail the like that don t have to be made. the moment, like that don t have to be made. git the moment, the government say there are many reasons behind this but it was interesting that your boss in the treasury team, rachel reeves, suggesting labour would be clearing up suggesting labour would be clearing up the brexit mess. how much of this to you think is to do with brexit, a deal you voted for? is to you think is to do with brexit, a deal you voted for? to you think is to do with brexit, a deal you voted for? is more than one factor here- deal you voted for? is more than one factor here. truck deal you voted for? is more than one factor here. truck drivers deal you voted for? is more than one factor here. truck drivers need - factor here. truck drivers need iletter factor here. truck drivers need better conditions, truck drivers need better conditions, truck drivers need better pay, we need to attract more need better pay, we need to attra
supermarket queues to get hold of food, that kind of thing. again, similar calls for petrol stations. when the government was asked about this earlier on, at the lobby briefing for westminster based journalists, they said the best possible way to sort this out is for people to go back to buying petrol in the way that they normally would. george eustice the environment secretary said earlier on the people were buying petrol even though they did not actually need it. that is a message that is probably two to an extent but lots of people out there need to get their kids to school, get to work, earn a living, it might not have entirely gone down all that well universally and that s why downing street moved pretty quickly this morning to see its absolutely not the case that they are blaming the public for this. we understand there are concerns out there, we are just simply saying look, there is no need to go out and get petrol if you don t require it right now. for need to go out and get p