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London faces food shortages as Iran war hits CO2 supplies

Chicken and pork could be in short supply as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz hits global trade

Evening Standard

UK could face gaps on supermarket shelves by summer if Iran war continues

Ministers drawing up contingency plans for ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ if supply of CO2 is disrupted

The Guardian - UK

UK in ‘worst-case scenario’ planning for food shortages as a result of Iran war

The business secretary said the public should be ‘reassured’ that ministers are making contingency plans for the impact of the Iran war

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UK CO2 plant to reopen amid fears Iran war could lead to shortage

Teesside site mothballed in September given £100m by government to restart production for at least three months

The Guardian - UK

John Healey refuses to say if Iran has capability to strike UK

Iran has targeted the military base used by the UK and US on Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean with missiles.

Evening Standard

Iran-US war latest: Trump extends pause on energy plant strikes and says talks with Tehran going ‘very well’

The US may send an additional 10,000 troops on top of the thousands of service members already dispatched to the region, according to a new report

The Independent UK

Government grant to reopen CO2 plant amid fears of Iran-linked shortages

The plant on Teesside was mothballed last year after a trade deal with the US cut tariffs on bioethanol, its main product.

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Last wheat delivered to largest bioethanol plant under threat after trade deal

Vivergo Fuels, near Hull, is in crisis talks with the Government after the UK-US agreement removed tariffs on American imports.

Evening Standard

Fears over bioethanol plant ‘putting £1.25 billion jet fuel project in jeopardy’

Vivergo Fuels, in Hull, is in crisis talks with the Government after the UK-US trade deal removed tariffs on American bioethanol.

Evening Standard

Britain’s biggest biofuel plant could close over impact of UK-US trade deal

ABF threatens to shut Vivergo site in Hull in September amid warnings bioethanol industry could collapse

The Guardian - UK

Reynolds agrees need for ‘urgent next steps’ with bioethanol firms over US deal

The Government is ‘open to discussion’ of potential options to support the industry, the Department for Business and Trade said.

Evening Standard

Trade deal with US could spell end of UK’s bioethanol industry, say bosses

Hundreds of jobs may be at risk, say heads of ABF Sugar and Ensus, as Starmer agrees to remove tariffs on US ethanol

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