US and European media give their verdict on the fuel, food and labour crisis they say is caused by BrexitGovernment ministers may insist it is “wrong” to blame Brexit for Britain’s fuel, food and labour shortages, but for the rest of Europe – and beyon…
Boris Johnson: petrol crisis and pig cull part of necessary post-Brexit transition
Prime minister says UK cannot go back to ‘failed old model’ of immigration and low wagesQueues for petrol and mass culls of pigs at farms because of a lack of abattoir workers are part of a necessary transition for Britain to emerge from a broken econo…
Fuel crisis and supply shortages are a product of the UK’s economic model
Rising prices and lack of goods are what happens when just-in-time economy collides with skin-of-the-pants government It all seems to have happened so fast. Only a few months ago, the government was congratulating itself for the speed at which Britain …
Bringing in the army won’t halt petrol crisis, says fuel industry boss
Business chiefs accuse ministers of being ‘missing in action’ amid growing backlash against governmentMinisters have been told that petrol queues in some parts of the country have become worse and army help will not relieve the problem, amid a growing …
Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages?
From fast food to farming, Covid-19 has accelerated the rise of the worker robots. This in turn will put more jobs at risk and makes the need to reframe society ever more urgentAs the coronavirus pandemic enveloped the world last year, businesses incre…
‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course
From Liverpool to LA, shortages of energy, labour and transport are threatening recovery from CovidHow the supply chain crisis is affecting six big economiesIt was all going so well. Successful vaccination programmes were driving the post-pandemic reco…
UK business confidence ‘falls off a cliff’, as fuel crisis enters second week – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, and the UK’s supply chain crisisUK business confidence collapses as fears of ‘stagflation’ growNearly half of UK’s independent petrol stations still lack fuelBritain facing mass cull of pigs d…
What the government has to do to get the economy moving again
Ministers must sit down with businesses to work out a recovery plan to stop Britain’s economy falling into recessionUK business confidence collapses as ‘stagflation’ fears growCovid cases rise as UK schools return and furlough endsThe events of the pas…
Nearly half of UK’s independent petrol stations still lack fuel
Petrol Retailers Association say fuel is being bought faster than it is getting restockedNearly half of all independently owned petrol stations in the UK were still dry or out of one type of fuel on Thursday, as motorists continued to panic buy and sol…
The Guardian view on silence about Brexit: time to talk turkey | Editorial
Labour and the Conservatives have both been happy to stay quiet about Brexit during the pandemic. That has to stopSince the 2019 general election, there has been a mutually convenient conspiracy of silence between Britain’s two main parties about Brexi…