UK government clears army to begin petrol deliveries from Monday
Al Jazeera
Almost 200 military personnel, including 100 drivers, will be deployed to distribute fuel, the government said in a statement late Friday.
The British Army will start delivering fuel to forecourts across the country starting Monday, as the government makes its most drastic intervention yet to try to resolve a crisis that has gripped the nation.
Almost 200 military personnel, including 100 drivers, will be deployed to distribute fuel, the government said in a statement late Friday. It’s also introducing a program to allow as many as 300 foreign tanker drivers to enter the country until the end of March.
The decision comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to assuage his followers at the Conservative Party’s annual conference that the government has the situation under control. According to the Petrol Retailers Association, it will take weeks for supply to return to normal, while business confidence plunged in September partly because of the fuel crisis.
