BP is allowing emergency service vehicles to be filled up with fuel for free during the coronavirus crisis.
It means it won't charge for police cars, ambulances and other NHS vehicles to be topped up with either petrol or diesel.
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The initiative will start from this Saturday, March 21, and will stay in place until at least the end of April.
BP says it'll cover emergency services’ fleet vehicles – including NHS emergency ambulance services, NHS trust non-emergency cars as well as local police and fire authorities’ vehicles.
It won't pay for the fuel of personal cars belonging to emergency service workers.
To make sure they get free fuel, workers with a qualifying vehicle need to show their BP Plus or Allstar fleet fuel cards.
BP says these cards are currently carried by 90 per cent of emergency service workers.
The deal covers petrol, diesel and electric vehicles, and there isn't a cash limit on how much money workers can spend on fuel.
BP says drivers will pay as normal using their service’s fleet fuel card and instead of the billing passing through to the emergency service, BP will pick up the cost.
Free fuel can be redeemed at BP’s network of 1,200 retail sites nationally.
This includes both BP-operated and dealer-operated sites.
The oil and gas company made the announcement today through a post on CEO Bernard Looney's LinkedIn page.
He said: "We will be providing free fuel at our retail sites for the emergency services – the women and men who we are all depending on to protect us during this time."
Generally, police forces and ambulance services in the UK are funded mainly by the government, but they also get additional support through taxpayer cash.
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