School buses and taxis have been hit by the ongoing fuel shortages, as a local council has implemented its own priority list for critical workers.

The fresh calls for a priority list followed days of chaos on petrol station forecourts as reports that a shortage of tanker drivers was threatening supplies prompted a wave of panic-buying, with many stations running dry.

Buckinghamshire Council has started its own permit system to help ensure local petrol forecourts will fill key workers' tanks, amid pressure on the Government for essential workers to be given exclusive access to certain petrol stations.

The new system comes after the council had to cancel school buses on nine routes earlier this week as various transport companies could not fill up their buses overnight.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/09/29/30pc-taxi-drivers-unable-work-due-fuel-shortage-says-industry/

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