The economic ripples caused by the Iran war are beginning to have an impact across the globe, from fuel rationing across South-East Asia, to fuel protests in Ireland. The IMF’s recent report on the global economy makes for grim reading – and the UK comes out as one of the worst affected of the G7. So could food and fuel shortages be coming to the UK? And how will the government try to mitigate the worst effects?

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• Rob Doran, director of Black Dog Crisis Management.
• Jack Barnett, economics correspondent, The Times.

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Read more:

• Britain preparing for food shortages as Iran war bites
• UK economy faces hardest hit from Iran war of G7, says IMF

Further listening: Trump's ceasefire with Iran - what’s in it and what next

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