Johnson Says Fuel Crisis Easing, Urges Britons to Buy Normally
- Retailers association says fewer stations have run out of fuel
- Premier pushes back on demands to issue more trucker visas
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Boris Johnson said the U.K.’s fuel crisis is stabilizing, as he pushed back against industry demands to issue more visas to foreign truckers to fix the ructions in the country’s supply chains.
The prime minister was speaking publicly for the first time on the fuel shortages which have dominated news bulletins for days, amid tailbacks and panic-buying at gas stations which left many without fuel. The crisis forced him into a series of emergency measures, including suspending antitrust laws and putting the Army on standby to help with deliveries.