Brexit has contributed to a shortage of flower pickers in the UK, a bulb grower has said.

Labour shortages caused by Brexit and accentuated by the COVID pandemic have badly affected businesses across the food and farming sector and could cause ‘permanent’ damage, UK lawmakers stated in a report published on Wednesday (6 April).

According to reports, Britain faces a £2 billion post-Brexit bill on European food imports from the end of the month.

TORY MP Andrea Leadsom has been criticised for her comments as new fresh food and flower imports from the European Union are to be subject to next Brexit customs controls.

Supermarket prices will rise more than is necessary unless there is greater collaboration with European suppliers on post-Brexit trade frictions, a Dutch business has warned.

The Fresh Produce Consortium said the April draft proposals would have had a “devastating financial impact”.

Everything from meat, fish, cheese to meat products will cost more in the UK due to Brexit border controls.

The price of importing flowers into the UK is estimated to cost an additional £100 million due to new customs rules and tariffs brought on by Brexit.

Firms across four different sectors share their stories of rising costs, extra paperwork and packages that never arrive.

Prices for a dozen red roses range from €30 to €100 with florists saying they face losses.

New regulations intended to protect biosecurity by imposing controls on plant and animal products mean the UK is "going back in time," according to British importers and European suppliers.

Collapsed trade talks, new border checks, 14-hour queues at the border and medicine shortages... it's just another day in Brexit land.