The combination of COVID-19, an aging labor force of truckers and the post-Brexit loss of foreign workers has led to a shortage of up to 100K drivers in the UK.
As the United Kingdom contends with a shortage of truck drivers, a wave of panic-buying gas among residents is exacerbating fuel shortages in the country, the Associated Press reported.
Despite the driver deficit, Britain's government has attributed the growing gas shortages to the actions of consumers, claiming that they had"ample fuel stocks." The government said it had"no plans at the moment" to deploy troops but was making preparations just in case. "I rely on fuel to travel to jobs, no fuel means I can't drive, which means I can't get to jobs with my tools," he said."So, basically, the panic-buying idiots have lost me income, and directly taken food off the table for my wife and 5-year-old son, because I can't wire people's houses from home, unfortunately."
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