In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’
UK diesel price hits record high of £2 a litre
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The government has sought to avert panic at the pumps, insisting that the UK is not facing a diesel shortage after Donald Trump threatened to cut off US supplies of the fuel.
The transport minister Keir Mather said on Friday that the UK has a wide range of sources of the fuel and is in talks with other European countries over the potential release of emergency diesel stockpiles.
