V important argument from @KwasiKwarteng about ministers attitude to current disruption.
The economy is in a “transition” after brexit away from the “low wage high immigration economy”, some sectors like haulage are resisting and government must “tough it out”
I’m personally “toughing it out” at a car park somewhere in Kent with a near empty tank having tried 6 fuel stations and all empty and about to abandon my car
NEW: Petrol Retailers Association tells @skynews the situation is stabilising
** "Extreme demand levels witnessed over the weekend has eased"
** Still demand above normal, many sites dry and many groups have forecourts closed
** Move towards equilibrium later in week
@SkyNews ** PRA blames the leak of a private submission of BP to "one of the broadcasters" and that's when they knew panic buying would happen.
@SkyNews ** PRA says that high urban density areas are more likely to have a problem.
** There are issues with HGV driver availability
** the PRA says army workers wont have skills to do key task.