UK medical workers and transport companies on Monday warned the fuel crisis threatened major disruption to essential services and industry as they demanded priority access to petrol and diesel following panic buying.
The scale of the crisis, with the majority of the UK’s 8,000 petrol stations drained of fuel, prompted the government to put the military on standby to help with deliveries.
Ministers said British army tanker drivers would be deployed if necessary to fortify supply chains and ensure fuel went to where it was needed most.
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