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Tanker drivers to come and work here immediately. haulage firms will find potential recruits and apply to the government for licences. up to 4,700 lorry drivers specialising in food delivery will start to arrive from the end of this month. this temporary visa scheme has been extended until the end of february. and 5,500 poultry workers will be granted the right to work here, too — until the end of the year. ministers hope these measures, along with efforts to recruit more british staff, will address some of the problems in the supply chain — but there could still be a tough winter ahead. p...

We have tried to do everything in terms of increasing wages and things like that but lots of people, there are lots ofjob vacancies out there at the moment. it is really hard to recruit. particularly, what we need a skilled butcher is to do this and this isn't something we can just pull people off the street to do. the government recently created temporary visas for poultry workers to dictum —— to minimise disruption in the run—up to christmas. the national pig association wants a similar scheme for its industry. the government said it was working closely with the sector to explore optio...

It leads to overcrowding if mature pigs can't be taken away it leads to overcrowding on farms which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big retailers don't want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his pigs on his farm said he had been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association before brexit and the pandemic around 80% of the staff in two of the uk's biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. this is a growing problem and has been growing for some time really. we have tried all the things ...

People off the street to do. the government recently created temporary visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers to try to limit disruption in the run—up to christmas. the national pig association wants a similar scheme for its industry. the government said it was working closely with the sector to explore options. claire marshall, bbc news. 16 minutes to six these are the headlines. following the milder of sarah everard police gives new guidance of plainclothes officers of what people can do if they are stopped by one. the prime minister says changes must be made. more than 15,000,000 hou...

The economy have been seeking similar arrangements to deal with the shortage of workers. our political correspondent is in westminster, bring us up—to—date with the story. we westminster, bring us up-to-date with the story-— westminster, bring us up-to-date with the story. we have been putting in calls to various _ with the story. we have been putting in calls to various different _ in calls to various different government sources for the past 24 hours in meetings have been taking place in lots of calls from within the hospitality industry and 65 businesses a letter to the government in ...