Transportinfo.org.uk - today's transport news in the uk, hand picked for you each morning

Saturday, 02 October 2021

BBC News

• Fuel crisis: Boris Johnson urged to recall ParliamentOpposition parties say new laws are needed to sort out emergency visas for HGV drivers.
• Fuel supply: Military to deliver petrol to UK garages from MondayAlmost 200 servicemen and women will provide

Financial Times

• Military to begin delivering petrol to UK garages from Monday Visa rules for overseas tanker drivers to be loosened amid week-long fuel supply crisis
• UK retailers step up battle to lure lorry drivers Supermarkets criticised by haulage groups for distorting market after offering high pay rises and incentives

The Guardian

• Emergency visa scheme extended in major U-turn by Boris JohnsonThreat of Christmas being ruined by driver shortages forces ministers to expand range and duration of visasBoris Johnson’s government has made a dramatic U-turn in an attempt to save Christmas – with a raft of extended emergency visas to help abate labour shortages that have led to empty shelves and petrol station queues.New immigration measures will allow 300 fuel drivers to arrive immediately and stay until the end of March, while 100 army drivers will take to the roads from Monday, the government announced late on Friday. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Ein, zwei, drive: ministers make bizarre plea to German expats to solve fuel crisis [subscription]The expats, most with no HGV driving experience, are sent official letters imploring them to get behind the wheel of delivery lorries

Times Online

• Fuel and HGV crisis: Medicine deliveries being hit by driver shortages, say pharmacies [subscription]Chemists have given warning that the fuel and haulage crisis is affecting supplies of vital medicines to pharmacies as ministers announced that the army would begin delivering petrol from Monday.

London Evening Standard

• Military drivers mobilised to deliver fuel to petrol stationsIt came as opposition parties raised the prospect of a parliamentary recall to address the wider situation of labour shortages.

Other Regional Press

• Cabinet member answers our questions on 15-year transport plan for West SussexJoy Dennis, West Sussex County Council’s cabinet member for highways and transport, has answered our questions about a 15-year transport plan currently out for consultation until Friday October 8. Visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/wstpconsultation