Ministers are saying “this won’t be as bad as the winter of discontent”. I dread to think what they’ll promise next.

The government is planning a temporary scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.

"#Newsnight was the first TV programme to highlight this in the summer... the government could have acted then." / As BP closes sites due to a lack of lorry drivers, the Road Haulage Association's Rod McKenzie says issues are down to Brexit, the pandemic and a historic shortage

The oil giant has warned the Government it will struggle to keep supplies topped up and called on ministers to change jobs rules for drivers.

Motorists and shoppers have been urged not to panic buy fuel and goods as the shortage of lorry drivers hit supplies.

Drivers are being urged by the Government to “buy fuel as normal”, after the lorry driver shortage hit supplies.