Many UK petrol stations run dry amid panic buying
Key paragraphs:<p>&gt;&gt; &quot;<i>Ministers bowed to business pressure on Saturday and announced they would issue temporary visas to 5,000 foreign heavy goods vehicle drivers to help tackle major labour shortages in the logistics industry.</i>&quot;<p>&gt;&gt; &quot;<i>The government move came after panic buying followed BP saying last week that as many as 100 service stations had been disrupted and several forecourts closed because of a shortage of tanker drivers.</i>&quot;<p>&gt;&gt; &quot;<i>Madderson welcomed the government’s plans to ease visa requirements for foreign workers but said the biggest problems were at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, a branch of the Department for Transport, where there was a significant backlog of lorry driver applicants looking to start training.
</i>&quot;<p>It turns out making your economy dependent on migrant workers then shutting them out with no preparation is bad policy.