Bus driver shortages have led to number of bus services across Greater Manchester being temporarily axed.
30.09.2021 - 09:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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There is 'no guarantee' that Christmas will not be affected by the ongoing fuel crisis and HGV driver shortages, the business secretary has admitted.
Kwasi Kwarteng said he hopes that 'situation is stabilising' with most people 'behaving quite responsibly' after days of panic-buying on petrol forecourts.
As well as deploying troops, he said the government was sending out vehicles from its reserve
Bus driver shortages have led to number of bus services across Greater Manchester being temporarily axed.
Sir Keir Starmer hit out at the Government over the shortage of lorry drivers as he got behind the wheel of a HGV in Greater Manchester.
Boris Johnson has jetted off to a holiday in Marbella, leaving behind an energy crisis, an ongoing fuel crisis HGV driver shortage which has threatened supply chains and cruel benefit cuts.
Some parts of the country are still struggling with low fuel stocks after a rush of panic buying, new figures reveal.
Boris Johnson has admitted that the HGV shortage crisis could last into Christmas. The Prime Minister was asked about his thoughts on Rishi Sunak’s interview with the Daily Mail on BBC's The Andrew Marr Show this morning.
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fuel crisis is beginning to show signs of ‘improvement’, industry chiefs have said. Drivers have queued up at filling stations across Scotland while some businesses have applied maximum spend limits due to a shortage of fuel in recent days.
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Stacey Solomon fears she might not be able to do school runsdue to the fuel crisis - and might need to ask workmen at her home for a lift to the hospital if she goes into labour.
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filling stations ran dry.