Some roads around London have become gridlocked as motorists hunted for stations that have fuel, with some carrying petrol cans, plastic jugs and water bottles to stock up, and there were even reports of violence in a handful of places.

Ministers said they expected the situation to improve further, with the first troops driving tankers expected to appear on the roads 'in the next couple of days'. Motorists say there is still not enough fuel despite The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA)'s latest survey of its members finding just over one-in-four had run dry, down from more than a third on Tuesday. “We think the worst is over, there is no problem with supplies at source, and pressure at the pumps will ease further over the next two days.” “In the areas that still have problems we encourage electric vehicle drivers to offer lifts to their neighbours if they are key workers struggling to get fuel. We have had reports of drivers dribbling in £1.72p worth of petrol and £2.05 of diesel, which is pretty counter-productive as they would have used those amounts searching for fuel. “We still urge drivers to stick to their normal refuelling patterns and not rush to top up. “In general terms London and the South East have been hit hardest and very few problems were seen in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

“From speaking to patrols and employees, many of the garages we observed with queues yesterday were generally functioning well today and still had fuel. In terms of breakdowns we have seen quite a significant drop in members with ‘out of fuel’ breakdowns and the misfuelling spike of 250 cases we observed at the weekend is also dropping off. AA president Edmund King said: “Our evidence suggests that the pressure at the pumps is easing.

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