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EU migrant workers contribute £2,300 more per year to UK than average British citizen, study reveals
18/09/2018
Migrants from the EU contribute £2,300 more to the exchequer each year in net terms than the average adult, the analysis for the government has found. And, over their lifetimes, they pay in £78,000 more than they take out in public services and benefits - while the average UK citizen’s net lifetime contribution is zero.
Businesses won’t be able to hire British staff on seasonal contracts if UK crashes out of EU.
David Figgis told Channel 4 Dispatches he voted for something 'better for my country' but 'personally it's a disaster'. / A fruit farmer from Faversham voted for Brexit even though he says it could be catastrophic for his business because he won’t be able to recruit any workers.
Competition over pay leads to fears there won’t be enough EU summer workers to harvest forecast bumper crop.
FARMERS in Oxfordshire have revealed they are struggling to cope with a Brexodus of migrant workers.
For years, foreign workers from the EU have helped UK farmers harvest their crops. In the southeast county of Kent, lettuce farmers fear the upcoming divorce between Britain and the EU could leave them short of labor and even threaten food supplies.
Boris Johnson's low-paid migrants ban 'disaster' as builders, bakers and care face big hit
19/02/2020
Boris Johnson's immigration plans for after Brexit are facing a massive backlash as industry leaders say key fields - like farming, construction and the stricken care industry - won't get the workers they need.
'I am out of business if I cannot get these staff' - farmer's fears over new immigration rules
21/02/2020
A Norfolk farmer fears fruit and vegetable operations like his could go bust if new immigration rules close the door to migrant workers who harvest and pack their crops.
Fruit and veg ‘will run out’ unless Britain charters planes to fly in farm workers from eastern Europe
28/03/2020
UK urgently needs 90,000 labourers to pick crops that will otherwise die in the fields, warns charity.
A British fruit and veg farmer fears his crop will rot in the ground this year because of a shortage of pickers caused by Brexit and coronavirus.
Government advisers say pandemic has highlighted vital economic contribution of migrant workers
Cornwall’s Varfell Farms doesn’t have enough pickers as Cornish workers don’t last.
British seasonal workers jobs are at risk
The world's largest daffodil grower says it has been forced to let hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of flowers rot – as it can't get pickers due to Brexit.
Migrant farm workers in Britain are being trapped and mistreated by employers in conditions ripe for modern slavery, campaigners said on Tuesday, urging the government to review a scheme designed to avoid agricultural labour shortages post-Brexit.
In a “normal year” around 150 pickers would harvest the daffodils, but this year they have just 30.
Brexit has contributed to a shortage of flower pickers in the UK, a bulb grower has said.
A Lincolnshire farming business has blamed Brexit for a lack of flower pickers.
A major daffodil grower in the fens say they only have a fifth of their usual number of pickers this year because of Brexit.
Red tape and a labour shortage leave retailers and millions of lockdown gardeners with scant pickings.
Today marks 100 days since Brexit properly happened in the UK - with seamless trade and EU rules replaced by a weighty trade deal.
The Association of British Travel Agents has stepped up its campaign to try to allow labour mobility. It says there is a possible solution to the problem.
A UK farmer said he was worried about harvesting his crops because he does not know if can get enough workers.
A mix of factors specific to the UK risks denting the construction sector’s recovery from the pandemic this year, Aecom has warned.