UK truck driver shortage strains supplies

By Sarah Young and Victor Jack
Updated September 24 2021 - 5:15pm, first published 5:12pm
The UK is stepping up tests for truck drivers, amid a national shortage affecting fuel and supplies.
The UK is stepping up tests for truck drivers, amid a national shortage affecting fuel and supplies.

A severe shortage of truck drivers in the UK has forced oil giant BP to close some petrol stations and strained the country's supermarket supply chains to breaking point.

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