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Priti Patel urged to relax immigration rules with HGV driver-shortage crisis predicted to worsen

3 August 202119 January 2024Political Fiber0

A shortage of HGV drivers is threatening supermarket supplies with firms warning some shelves may be empty for months to come unless the government acts to address the labour shortage. Councils across the UK have also been forced to suspend waste collection services due to a lack of drivers with the Environmental Services Association (ESA) […]

Suspend Brexit deal now, urges DUP MP – Northern Ireland is ‘one storm away’ from supply chain collapse, warns hauliers

9 January 202119 January 2024Political Fiber0

The UK government has been warned that Northern Ireland is “one storm or boat breakdown away” from “a collapse of the NI supply chain”. Michael Gove has received an 11-page report forecasting the grim scenario that could occur within five days without urgent action from ministers. Cabinet office minister Gove said the post-Brexit trade chaos […]

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Priti Patel urged to relax immigration rules with HGV driver-shortage crisis predicted to worsen

Suspend Brexit deal now, urges DUP MP – Northern Ireland is ‘one storm away’ from supply chain collapse, warns hauliers

NHS waiting lists fall is due to surging excess deaths

Northern Ireland talks extension signals hope for Assembly return

Mark Drakeford quits as Wales’ first minister

Five-point plan to cut immigration threatens families and the NHS

Emergency Rwanda bill threatens to split Tory Party further

It’s a ‘myth’ to believe voters don’t want another EU referendum, says Curtice

Shoppers pay price of food suppliers’ profiteering, says watchdog

Sunak is ‘lost in La-La land with the reverse Midas touch’

Experts ‘extremely alarmed’ by detection of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Senior doctors pay deal with government leaves RCN ‘appalled’