Ministers admitted the industry's "reliance on foreign workers" hadn't been solved after Brexit.

A UK farmer said he was worried about harvesting his crops because he does not know if can get enough workers.

With fellow Europeans leaving the UK, and no British workers taking their place, Eleanor Popa’s job harvesting strawberries has gone from tough to tough and lonely. Will the farm survive another year?

The Government has abandoned a scheme to recruit British workers to help harvest fruit and vegetable crops, it is understood.

Fruit and vegetables are being left to rot in England as Brexit deters migrants from taking up picking jobs.

Critical industry leaders have accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of being disconnected from the realities facing short staffed sectors after she claimed that there is "no good reason" why more British people can't be trained to take up jobs as butchers and fruit pickers.

Could take ‘decades’ to shift away from reliance on overseas staff, say food sector leaders attending Downing Street summit.