Keir Mather: “We’re working closely with our European partners on diesel supply.”

I want to reassure people this morning that the United Kingdom has got a diverse range of supply when it comes to diesel.

The MCA and His Majesty’s Coastguard do vital work and ministers have full confidence in the service, but when those on the ground raise concerns of the scale that we’ve seen and when the evidence base proves insufficient, it’s absolutely…

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.

We need to give people support where we can.