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freezing point, and requiring some UK refineries to prioritise producing jet fuel instead of petrol or diesel to safeguard supplies for flights. The most concerning for the public living near airports or under flight paths
UK supermarkets [to consider freezing the prices of some essential foodstuffs](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/19/uk-supermarkets-urged-to-consider-voluntary-price-caps-on-essential-foods) to protect the public from inflation fuelled by the Middle East conflict. Reeves is expected to announce measures to help households
UK would suffer the sharpest growth downgrade and joint highest inflation rate in the G7 this year, even if the fallout from soaring energy costs could be contained by the middle of 2026. Reeves
freeze in fuel duty for the rest of the year.” Duty on the red diesel used by farmers will also be cut by a third. The decision on fuel duty was criticised by thinktanks including