Britain sends military to solve fuel crisis as driver shortage persists

Members of the military walk at Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead, Britain, October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England (Reuters) -British military personnel in combat fatigues arrived on Monday at a BP storage depot after the government ordered the army to help deliver fuel to tackle an acute shortage of truckers, a Reuters reporter said.

Britain's supply chains for everything from pork, petrol and poultry to medicines and milk have been strained to breaking point by shortages of labour in the wake of the Brexit and COVID crises.