Keir Mather: “Although prices have gone up at the pump, the Government is aware of that and the freeze in fuel duty is still in place.”

The government is not powerless. That is why we have a fuel duty freeze in place at the moment.

We’re working closely with our European partners on diesel supply.

People shouldn’t be concerned about shortages because of the inherent resilience that is built into that system.

President Trump is welcome to make those comments, we’ve got to focus here at home about ensuring that we have diversity of supply into our economy.