Brexit and the pandemic have combined this year to leave deep labour shortages across the British economy, with a dearth of drivers disrupting fuel and supermarket supplies. "The Prime Minister should be taking emergency action today but yet again he's failed to grasp the seriousness of the crisis. British farmers are warning that unless the government takes steps to ease deep labour shortages, there could be a cull of up to 150,000 pigs. Ministers say the world is facing a global shortage of truck drivers and that they are working to ease the crisis. Though there are shortages of truck drivers in other countries, EU members have not seen fuel shortages.

Source: CBC News October 01, 2021 18:56 UTC