UK food firms beg ministers to let them use prisoners to ease labour shortages

Meat processors and others say they must have more day release workers as they cannot find enough staffDesperate food manufacturers are pleading with the government to be able to call upon prisoners to solve a labour crisis blamed on the double blow of…

Not enough turkeys for Christmas due to Brexit, poultry producers warn

Government urged to relax UK immigration rules after one in six jobs left unfilled since EU departureUK poultry producers have warned that serious staff shortages caused by Brexit could mean there are not enough turkeys to go round this Christmas.This …