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Data collected from more than 18 water companies, including Thames Water, showed that sites ranging from Oxfordshire and London, to Warwickshire, had no water or poor pressure.
Farmers have also warned of a shortage of strawberries as a combination of a severe lack of rainfall and rising costs of production plays havoc with yields.
Lack of water and shipping chaos mean shoppers will have less choice
Crops already in the ground are being affected by the dry conditions, made worse by authorities restricting irrigation licences in order to preserve water supply.
A new independent review into labour shortages in the food supply chain has been launched by Defra, in fulfilment of a pledge in the government’s recently