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Minister denies UK faces diesel shortage after Trump threatens to ban exports
In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’
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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.
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Mark Sweney · Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:31 AM
US news | The Guardian
In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’
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.
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