As petrol stations close, UK to order army to make deliveries
After a fourth day of long lines and closures at gas stations caused by panic buying, the British Army has been put on standby to help ease fuel supply problems affecting the UK
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After a fourth day of long lines and closures at gas stations caused by panic buying, the British Army has been put on standby to help ease fuel supply problems affecting the UK
After a fourth day of long lines and closures at gas stations caused by panic buying, the British Army has been put on standby to help ease fuel supply problems affecting the UK
After a fourth day of long lines and closures at gas stations caused by panic buying, the British Army has been put on standby to help ease fuel supply problems affecting the UK
After a fourth day of long lines and closures at gas stations caused by panic buying, the British Army has been put on standby to help ease fuel supply problems affecting the UK
Hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uk's transport secretary has said the government will "do whatever is required" to tackle fuel supply problems. grant shapps said he wouldn't rule out changing visa rules to allow more foreign drivers to work in the uk — or even asking the army to help, although he said using the military "probably" wasn't the solution. the road haulage association says there's an urgent need to grant temporary visas to attract more hgv drivers from abroad. it is estimated that the uk is short of about 100,000 hgv drivers — with gaps m...