Steve Reed says government is monitoring situation in Middle East but there is currently no threat to UK energy
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There is no immediate threat to energy supplies in the UK despite rocketing oil prices, a senior minister has said, as Keir Starmer tried to reassure people about the impact of the crisis in the Middle East.
The impact of US-Israeli strikes in Iran, and retaliatory attacks from Tehran elsewhere in the region, was “clearly very concerning”, Steve Reed, the communities secretary said, saying much depended on how long hostilities continued.
Starmer was due to visit a community centre in London later on Monday, where he was due to give comments aimed at providing reassurance, saying the most important issue for him was the cost of living.
