The British military will start distributing gasoline in the country on Monday due to lack of carriers

British Army soldiers will begin distributing fuel to gas stations across the country from Monday to make up for the lack of carriers, which resulted in the closure of many gas stations and long lines to refuel.

Nearly 200 members of the Armed Forces, including 100 drivers, will be deployed to remedy the situation after receiving emergency training.

Despite the fact that the government and the big oil companies have insisted in recent days that the situation is “stabilizing”, more than a quarter of UK independent gas stations were still empty on Friday, according to the National Retail Association.

In a statement released this Saturday, The Cabinet Ministry (similar to that of the Presidency) has indicated that the 200 military personnel, who are part of the army tanker personnel, will provide “temporary support”. as part of the measures the government has adopted to address the driver shortage.

The country “Still facing challenges”, despite the demand “stabilized and now it’s deliver more fuel than what is sold“According to the note.

The Immediate temporary entry of 300 foreign truckers, who will be able to stay in the UK to work until the end of March.

The executive added that it was taking further interim measures against the pressure on the food supply chain, also caused by lack of manpower, which attributes to “the pandemic and the recovery of the global economy in the world”, without mentioning Brexit, the country’s exit from the European Union.

Among these measures, At the end of October, another 4,700 food haulers will arrive, which will remain until the end of February and will also allow 5,500 workers to enter the country for the poultry sector., with visas until December 31.

“The introduction of these temporary visas does not detract from our commitment to increase skills and raise wages in our labor market, but recognize the extraordinary circumstances affecting the stability of the UK supply chain», Underlines the government.

The Minister of Enterprises, Kwasi Kwarteng, pointed out that “There is no shortage of fuel” in the country, people “should therefore continue to refuel normally”, and urged citizens not to panic to allow things “to return to normal”.

The UK has also run out of butchers and they fear there will be no turkeys or hams at Christmas

Speaking to the British newspaper The temperature, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) stated that 15,000 butchers are missing to work mainly in processors, which means working professionals can only focus on supplying supermarkets with basic cuts of meat and cannot focus on more laborious Christmas products.

A spokesperson for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told the UK agency Pennsylvania What “The government recognizes the importance of temporary work and is aware of the problems the pig sector has faced due to the pandemic and the shortage of personnel”.

In the BBC, the president of the National Pig Association, Rob mutimer, said the staff shortage has worsened “in the last three weeks“And a lot of the pigs that weren’t killed and processed have grown too big, so producers don’t have enough space to keep them so it’s not out of the question. “A massive animal sacrifice”.

(With information from EFE)

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