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Is there a shortage of fuel and why are petrol stations closing?
A number of petrol stations across the UK have been forced to close due to a lack of fuel. BP and Tesco have both announced the closures due to disruption in deliveries of petrol and diesel, brought on by a shortage of HGV drivers.
A journalist named Phil McCann covered the petrol shortage and people canât stop laughing
The âbrilliantâ moment BBC journalist Phil McCann reported on the petrol shortage has been pointed out by Twitter users online, in what some are calling another instance of ânominative determinismâ.
The White Hart, which is located in the village Grafton Regis, between Northampton and Milton Keynes, has put a sign outside which reads âbeer shortage soon, panic buy hereâ.
It comes as people panic buy petrol amid the ongoing lorry driver shortage which is slowing down the supply chain.
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The White Hart, which is located in the village Grafton Regis, between Northampton and Milton Keynes, has put a sign outside which reads âbeer shortage soon, panic buy hereâ.
It comes as people panic buy petrol amid the ongoing lorry driver shortage which is slowing down the supply chain.
âThere are driver shortages right across Europe as well, but the EU has committed to improving driver facilities and haulage companies are committed to improving pay and conditions. Until the UK offers the same pay and working conditions as drivers have in the EU then many will stay away.â
Earlier this week, Brussels committed to a financial package to building new truck parking areas with improved facilities across the EU.
Last year, the EU also introduced new rules on road transport to end the distortion of competition in the sector while providing better working conditions for drivers.
The pay disparity between drivers from western and eastern Europe has also been levelling out since Covid and the logistics sector has face a huge rise in demand.
The UKâs leading trucking group also believes the granting of visas to EU drivers is only part of the solution to the nationâs shortage.
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) estimates there are 100,000 HGV vacancies, and blames the shortfall on a post-Brexit exodus of European drivers and a lack of driver training during the pandemic.
Petrol shortage: Hauliers now have too many drivers and must pay to use governmentâs emergency tanker fleet
Whitehall sources have said emergency measures taken by hauliers, such as cutting annual leave, working longer hours and staff volunteering, has meant they have now run out of petrol tankers to deliver fuel to station forecourts.
The situation has meant the Government has leased out its fleet of 80 petrol tankers that it keeps on standby at two depots in West Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire to haulage firms to supply fuel across the country.
Officials hope the additional capacity could mean the Government does not have to rely on the Army to help deliver fuel, although the military remains on stand-by and could be deployed later this week.
It comes as confidence is growing inside Whitehall that the fuel supply crisis is starting to level out, despite lengthy queues still forming outside petrol stations.
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'They're leaving in droves': UK faces bus driver shortage as HGV industry offers better pay
A shortage of bus drivers in the UK is being caused by better pay being offered to drive HGVs, according to a union.
It's thought there are more than 4,000 vacancies for bus and coach drivers across the UK.
Some companies have been forced to cancel services because not enough drivers are available.
Bobby Morton, Unite's national officer for passenger transport, told Sky News: "It all goes back to the lorry drivers, the shortage of lorry drivers in the haulage industry.
"And a number of the things that lorry drivers share with bus drivers is very long hours, massive fatigue levels, lack of basic facilities such as toilet facilities and washing facilities.
"And the mindset of the bus drivers at the moment is that, in the haulage industry, the employers threw money at the problem, at the shortage.
"So the mindset is now, if we've got to work in these Victorian conditions, then we might as well get ÂĢ20 an hour driving the lorry, as opposed to ÂĢ10 an hour driving a bus. So the bus drivers are leaving in droves to go to the other industry."
Plus they don't have to put up with Joe Public........don't blame them tbh