Or put another way, Priti Patel’s decision, supported by many Brexit supporters, to shut the door to low-skilled workers in new immigration laws seems to be exacerbating the problem.
“It is not EU policy that is to blame here. This is a domestic policy by the Home Office about who can and can’t come into the country,” said a spokesperson for the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), which commissioned the Grant Thornton report.
The problem is that meat processing plants, retailers, care homes, hospitality and companies such as Amazon are all competing for a limited supply of low-skilled workers at entry-level salaries. So even if there were enough lorry drivers, the supply chain has come under severe strain from labour shortages.
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Bloody f...ing great. Brexit politicians were claiming that foreigners were coming over here to steal our jobs, then saying that anyone who raised doubts was part of 'Project Fear'. Not that it's happening, people on Twitter are saying that it's "time to move on" and stop blaming Brexit for anything. Unbelievable. This sh*t was caused by Brexit, and it's not by accident, this was how it was supposed to be.