Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Desperate searches for open petrol stations, long queues at the pumps and spats on the forecourts - it’s been a week of fury and frustration over fuel for many drivers in Greater Manchester.
The crisis has sparked the deployment of troops as well as vehicles from the Government's reserve tanker fleet. But even with those measures, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said there’s ‘no guarantee’ that the ongoing fuel crisis and HGV driver shortages will be solved by Christmas, which could mean more stress down the road for drivers. READ MORE: Fuel stations still running out faster than they can be refilled, retailers warn Not so for Tom
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