Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak assured Britons on Thursday that “a good amount of Christmas presents” will be available amid concerns that supply chain issues may lead to empty shelves.
Retailers have been urging people to buy their Christmas gifts early after a shipping company decided to divert their freight from the port of Felixstowe due to backlogs at the port, while logistic bosses said people didn’t need to worry about Christmas over short-term fluctuations as the global supply chain is “pretty robust.”
