WESTMINSTER CHA0S SH0CKER: Rachel Reeves has been left humiliated by a dramatic U-turn over a crunch meeting with Britain’s petrol chiefs — sparking claims the government has been thrown into total disarray

A petrol retailer trade group withdrew from the meeting before later saying it would attend.

Rachel Reeves will not meet with UK petrol chiefs (Image: Getty)

A petrol retailer group accused ministers of inciting abuse towards forecourt workers as a meeting with Rachel Reeves was plunged into chaos today.

The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) hit out at the use of “inflammatory language” as it pulled out of Downing Street talks with the Chancellor and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband on fuel prices amid the Middle East conflict.

But the group later said it would attend the meeting after receiving assurances that the media would only be present for the first part.