UK poised to temporarily ease visa rules to attract more foreign lorry drivers as it grapples with a growing gas shortage as long queues form in front of stations
An aerial view shows customers queueing in their cars to access an Asda petrol station in east London on September 25, 2021.
The lack of tanker drivers has led to huge queues at petrol stations in recent days, as people ignore government pleas not to panic-buy fuel after some garages closed due to the lack of deliveries. The move would represent a U-turn by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose government has tightened post-Brexit immigration rules and repeatedly insisted Britain's reliance on foreign labour must end.
It's hard, long term work: sorting the sleeping arrangements, showers, toilets and food that drivers get. In some European countries, these are free and of good quality. In the UK they're charged and of very poor quality.As well as threatening timely fuel supplies, the lack of lorry drivers has caused disruption to deliveries of food and other goods.
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