Fuel deficiencies persevere in London, south-east England after British military starts deliveries of fuel in the UK

English military faculty have started delivering fuel to petrol stations after a deficiency of truck drivers disturbed supplies for over a week, prompting long lines at the pumps as anxious drivers mixed to fill their tanks. Around 200 service personnel were sent on Monday nearby an ideal opportunity to support deliveries subsequent to going through training at commercial fuel depots last week, the government said. The UK is short huge number of drivers on account of a confluence of factors, including the Covid pandemic, an ageing workforce and an exodus of foreign workers following Britain's departure from the European Union. The issue has added to empty supermarket shelves and shuttered petrol pumps. "Army drivers have gone out," Chancellor Rishi Sunak told LBC Radio. "The situation has been improving now for, I think, over a week; every day, as the stats have come on, it's getting better, and as demand settles back to more normal levels, the strong expectation is things will resolve themselves … People should know we're doing everything we can." While the government says supply interruptions are facilitating, fuel retailers keep on revealing local deficiencies. Gordon Balmer, executive director of the Petrol Retailers Association, said the issue was especially terrible in London and south-eastern England, where 22% of the group's members were still without fuel. The affiliation represents around 5,500 independent fuel retailers the nation over. "Some of our members tell us that they have been without fuel for a number of days, some over a week now," Mr Balmer told Sky News.