Friday, September 24, 2021

MILITARY COULD BE USED TO SOLVE UK SHORTAGES

UK consumers are being urged not to panic buy despite some petrol stations closing due to fuel supplies not reaching them.

It's being caused by a shortage of lorry drivers rather than fuel itself, and the haulage industry's calling on the government to relax visa rules so foreign workers could be recruited

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says he won't rule out drafting in the military to help with deliveries - but insists getting more lorry drivers qualified is the priority.

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