Why UK suspends competition law to get petrol to forecourts
As per BBC News top stories of the 27 th of September 2021, soldiers could be drafted in to drive petrol tankers after three days of panic buying coupled with a shortage of drivers has caused some pumps to run dry. Government ministers are expected to meet today to discuss the proposal they've already suspended oil industry competition laws to allow suppliers to work together. BBC business correspondent Katie Austin has the very latest news. These were the scenes of yesterday as panic buying led to some forecourts having to close people are going a bit nuts because 6 am in the morning people were queuing up petrol. The correspondent got around about two to three hours working about 20 miles so didn’t know what he would do. It’s really frustrating. As a driver and without petrol of course you cannot move a group which speaks for more than 5000. Independent fuel retailers said the impact had been severe. There is a large number more than half which already run dry and those...