There are no plans to bring in the army to drive lorries to deliver fuel to petrol stations, a government minister has said, as some brands report as many as 90% of their sites running dry.The comments by environment secretary George Eustice came amid newspaper reports that the government was considering using the army to help with fuel deliveries.
“We’ve no plans at the moment to bring in the army to actually do driving,” Mr Eustice said.He added: “But we always have a Civil Contingencies section within the Army on standby – but we’re not jumping to that necessarily …
