The UK government on Friday urged the public against panic-buying as some petrol stations closed pumps due to a lack of lorry drivers to deliver fuel.
Tabloid newspaper The Sun headlined its front page"We're running on empty", with the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit triggering an ongoing crisis in the haulage industry.
The Times reported that at least 50 of BP's 1,200 service stations were out of at least one type of fuel, while Shapps said five had closed. Experts and business leaders have said Brexit and the pandemic have reduced the number of truck drivers working in Britain, affecting supply chains for numerous businesses.The minister told BBC radio that government measures to increase recruitment, such as making it easier to take tests to become a lorry driver, would help.
Shapps argued that many people with the right to work in the UK had quit driving"often because there has been cheaper European labour", undercutting their pay.
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