Fuel strike: No.10 shambles over drivers hoarding fuel, and the tax on takeaway food
Fuel rationing returned to forecourts last night as the Army was put at the centre of plans to break a national strike by militant tanker drivers.
As ministers were accused of spreading panic, David Cameron sought to seize control by drawing up plans to store petrol at military depots and to fast-track the training of troops to drive tankers.
Motoring groups, however, said the Government had helped create a sense of crisis by suggesting drivers should fill up their tanks - while firemen's unions warned one minister's advice to store jerry cans full of fuel at home was both dangerous and potentially illegal.
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