What the papers say – September 27
Petrol panic buying is the main story in the national papers, with the Government reportedly considering sending in the Army to help.
The Daily Mirror casts the fuel situation as a “shambles” in its headline, with the paper adding Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “warned in June about the driver shortfall and did nothing”.
Tomorrow's front page: Shambles #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/tmLiyla3vX pic.twitter.com/tEUcBZBQn9
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 26, 2021
The Independent says at least half of non-motorway petrol stations are “believed to have run dry after a weekend of panic-buying by anxious drivers”.
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Now half of petrol stations run out of fuel #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SrP6zsJey1
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 26, 2021
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps meanwhile, has insisted there is “no shortage of fuel” and blamed hauliers for the panic at petrol pumps, according to Metro.
Monday's front page:
YOU’RE JUST SO FUELISH!#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/TGu5PQ9n3f— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) September 26, 2021
Senior ministers will meet on Monday to discuss deploying the Army to drive fuel tankers, report the i, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian.
Monday's front page
Ministers may deploy Army in fuel crisis, by @singharj: https://t.co/n5kwjQU4tu
1 in 4 petrol stations run dry as weekend of panic buying prompts fears of chaos, by @cahalmilmo: https://t.co/wPM8Pf1oEC#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AJ240GC5xs— i newspaper (@theipaper) September 26, 2021
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Plans for the Army to help ease fuel crisis'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletter: https://t.co/JIMevXJoas pic.twitter.com/qFFJYkC8e8— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 26, 2021
Guardian front page, Monday 27 September 2021: Petrol crisis: PM to rule on using army to deliver fuel pic.twitter.com/Y8WJd1VugU
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 26, 2021
The Times has been told soldiers are likely to be put on notice to enact the petrol transportation plan “within days”.
TIMES; Army will be sent in to tackle fuel crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/cmcJLaDzNk
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 26, 2021
Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith insists in the Daily Express that it is coronavirus, and not Brexit, that is to blame for the hold-ups in fuel and food in Britain.
EXPRESS: Don’t blame driver crisis on Brexit #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/fkTZM21Obz
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 27, 2021
“Greedy fuel bosses” are decried by the Daily Star, with the paper reporting some petrol stations increased fuel prices as drivers queued outside.
Tomorrow’s front page: Petrol chumps #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/QlTZGMcZT9 pic.twitter.com/5FFVqhJrt7
— Daily Star (@dailystar) September 26, 2021
Meanwhile, a Daily Mail reporter spent six weeks undercover at a motorway control room and found 10% of “vital” safety cameras “are not working”.
MAIL: Smart M-Ways horrors exposed #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iQf685EqXA
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 26, 2021
And Downing Street is planning to cut the graduate salary threshold for paying back student loans, according to the Financial Times.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Monday 27 September https://t.co/9hw0Tmr0sj pic.twitter.com/KFlz9zRcU5
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 26, 2021
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