Brexit-caused staff shortages to raise prices and threaten Christmas food
A lack of lorry drivers, abattoir staff and fruit pickers caused by Brexit is threatening both consumers’ pockets and meat such as turkeys and pigs in blankets.
A lack of lorry drivers, abattoir staff and fruit pickers caused by Brexit is threatening both consumers’ pockets and meat such as turkeys and pigs in blankets.
A pre-Brexit trade rush led to 20-mile queues.
'Remember when Johnson said the EU "could go whistle" if they thought the UK would ever pay a 'divorce bill,' wrote one twitter user
It comes as the Brexit "divorce bill" negotiated by the PM is up to £5 billion higher than the UK government expected.
The PM warned that access to kosher food is becoming "difficult", but said there were no plans for any concessions from the UK.
“We negotiated a trade deal and instead of eliminating barriers, they created them," Michel Barnier said.
Recruitment firms are reporting acute hiring struggles across the economy as Brexit and Covid start to bite.
Jamie McMillan said his sales are down 40 per cent since Brexit.
“Brexit has caused us enormous problems with recruitment,” the TV presenter bemoaned after facing a lack of EU staff for her own hotel.
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