Supply crisis: Minister says situation at UK’s biggest port ‘improving’ and Britons should shop for Christmas presents ‘normally’ – By Alan McGuinness (Sky News) / Oct 13 2021
“I’m confident that people will be able to get their toys for Christmas,” Oliver Dowden tells Kay Burley, adding that the situation at Felixstowe is “improving” and “I would say just buy as you do normally”.
The situation at the UK’s largest commercial port is “improving” and Britons should shop normally for Christmas, a minister has told Sky News.
Oliver Dowden’s comments to Kay Burley come after a major global shipping company decided to divert vessels away from Felixstowe, blaming a backlog of containers at UK ports, to unload elsewhere in Europe.
The move by Maersk raised fears of delays to deliveries as the pre-Christmas trade rush gets under way.
But Mr Dowden, the Conservative Party chairman, said: “I’m confident that people will be able to get their toys for Christmas.”
