British military tanker drivers take to UK roads to ease Brexit fuel crisis

The troops – who have been on standby since the start of last week – will initially be concentrated in London and the South East of England, where the worst shortages remain.

Out of use petrol pumps at a petrol station in central London. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

British Army tanker drivers are taking to the roads for the first time to deliver supplies to beleaguered petrol stations hit by the fuel crisis.

Around 200 military personnel – half of them drivers – are being deployed in Operation Escalin, despite ministers insisting the situation at the pumps is easing.