Sign up to Postcards from the North - a newsletter from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer Williams There is 'no guarantee' that Christmas will not be affected by the ongoing fuel crisis and HGV driver shortages, the business secretary has admitted.
Kwasi Kwarteng said he hopes that 'situation is stabilising' with most people 'behaving quite responsibly' after days of panic-buying on petrol forecourts.
As well as deploying troops, he said the government was sending out vehicles from its reserve tanker fleet, driven by civilian drivers, to provide 'additional logistical capacity' to the industry. READ MORE: Motorists hit by rising fuel prices amid petrol shortages Though when asked whether the crisis, caused by a shortage of lorry drivers,
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