Britain's essential services

The government has ordered that workers from the following industries and services are eligible for priority access to fuel which tankers have been delivering to 298 petrol stations across the country.

Emergency services

Armed forces

Health and social workers

Food industry

Agriculture, veterinary and animal welfare

Essential workers at nuclear sites

Water, sewerage and drainage

Fuel and energy suppliers

Public transport

Licensed taxis

Coastguards and lifeboat crews

Airport and airline workers

Postal, media, telecommunications

Central and local government workers

Essential financial services staff including those involved in the delivery of cash and cheques

Prison staff

Refuse collection and industrial waste

Funeral services

Special schools and colleges for the disabled

Essential foreign diplomatic workers