While most of the political media is at the Labour Party Conference, the story leading the news bulletins is the ongoing fuel crisis. More than half of British fuel stations outside the motorway network are out of fuel, as the shortage of HGV drivers continues to make itself felt in the wider economy.
Boris Johnson is contemplating deploying the army to drive trucks and make deliveries to help ease the crisis, and has signed off plans to make it easier for HGV drivers to get short-term visas.
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