Ministers were warned that Brexit would cause problems for hauliers. The chaos in forecourts is a mess of their makingQueues at the petrol pumps are never a good look for a government. They are especially bad in a pandemic, when so many people already …
UK petrol stations show ‘very tentative signs of stabilisation’, says transport secretary – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the UK’s supply chain crisis continuesLatest: Grant Shapps says ‘signs of stabilisations’ in petrol storageShapps: don’t fill up water bottles with fuelIntro: More queues and shortages at p…
In a queue for petrol in Essex, I found an unexpected camaraderie | Tim Burrows
At first, I thought drivers lining up in case there was a fuel shortage were foolish. Then I joined themBefore this weekend, I had never seen a petrol station cashier answer a telephone. Yet here he was, this harassed man in front of me, fielding sever…