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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Henry Saker-Clark & Dave Burke

Tesco supplier warns UK faces 'national security issue' over CO2 shortage

The UK's food security is "under threat" due to fears of a carbon dioxide shortage, one of the leading supermarket suppliers warned today.

The bleak outlook was shared by Ranjit Singh Boparan - nicknamed "the Chicken King" - whose company provides poultry to giants including M&S and Tesco.

He has called on the government to act now, branding it a "national security issue".

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