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UK vows to do whatever it takes to resolve trucker shortage

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Britain has vowed to do whatever it takes to resolve a trucker shortage that has forced oil giant BP to close some petrol stations and strained supermarket supply chains to breaking point.

BP temporarily closed some of its 1,200 UK petrol stations due to a lack of both unleaded and diesel grades, which it blamed on driver shortages.

ExxonMobil's Esso said a small number of its 200 Tesco Alliance retail sites had also been impacted. "We'll move heaven and earth to do whatever we can to make sure that shortages are alleviated with HGV drivers," Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News.

Suppliers have warned that there could be more shortages of petrol because of a lack of drivers to transport fuel from refineries to retail outlets, but

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