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To foreign hgv drivers, it also admitted only 300 people have applied and just over 20 have been processed. the specific british dimension of the problem we face is a lack of hgv drivers. a shortfall of 90,000 drivers and the reality is the visa scheme announced is simply too little and it's been announced pretty late, action taken swiftly. and the government needs to do more if it wants to see action taken swiftly. today the uk is biggest seller of poultry warned of the price of chicken would have to rise. farmers were struggling to make any money squeezed by extra costs because notjust by th...

We're trying our best," but really, what does that mean _ for us on the ground? it means we still have to put up with the issues in the interim . and we are facing surges of pricing of bringing products in, _ so it's a really difficult situation that i don't think is going to be| solved by one single - government intervention. while the government has offered 5,000 temporary visas to foreign hgv drivers, it's also admitted that only 300 people have applied and thatjust over 20 have been processed. the specific british dimension of the problem we face is a lack of hgv drivers. there's a shortfa...

We have additional costs _ because of brexit, we have the covid costs, we have feed inflation, . labour is going up, logistics cost as you all know is going up, - packaging, energy and just recently c02 is going up by severalj hundred percent, actually. something else which we've talked about before, a shortage of lorry drivers. the british government has offered 5,000 temporary visas to foreign drivers. it's also admitted that only 300 people have applied. and thatjust 20 have been processed so far. ewan macdonald—russell is from the trade association the british retail consortium. the spec...

Really— bringing products in, so it's a really difficult situation and i don't — really difficult situation and i don't think it's going to be solved by one _ don't think it's going to be solved by one single government intervention.— by one single government intervention. ~ :, intervention. while the government has offered 5,000 _ intervention. while the government has offered 5,000 temporary - intervention. while the government has offered 5,000 temporary visas| intervention. while the government l has offered 5,000 temporary visas to foreign hgv drivers, it also admitted only 300 peop...

Scheme comes into effect. this isn'tjust about petrol stations and panic—buying fuel — the shortage of hgv and tanker drivers could impact other essential services and products, with borisjohnson refusing to rule out supply chain problems continuing until christmas. temporary working permits are also being offered to more than ii,500 food haulage drivers who could deliver to supermarkets. another 5,500 will be given to foreign poultry workers. the uk government are obviously keen to avoid more chaotic scenes, and negative headlines. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. changes to the traffic lig...