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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Covid fines, cancelled flights and sunflower oil shortages

9 April 2022

9:00 AM

9 April 2022

9:00 AM

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Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s business spokesman, said that the government should be preparing for energy rationing, but Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary ruled it out. Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, asked the British Geological Survey to reassess the effects of fracking, Essex police arrested 192 people from Just Stop Oil in a weekend of protest at oil refineries.

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