restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. having some additional capacity, right now, i think everybody agrees is a good idea. this is a quick way of doing it. it doesn t require visas to do. people are already here. so, it sjust a common sense measure at these times. it s hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that while it might take the pressure off in the run up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals. pig farming is another sector that s been struggling, with thousands of healthy animals slaughtered without being processed for meat. but there s relief at the government s move to allow 800 foreign butchers into the uk and provide more cold storage. we needed butchers in these processing plants 12 weeks ago now. we, as farmers, should never have been put in this position.
only make two trips in a week but the government wants to relax the rules in a bid to prevent shortages. political correspondence jonathan prevent shortages. political correspondencejonathan blake correspondence jonathan blake reports. thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad in a bid to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk, but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now them have been issued. so now the government is going further and immediate hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. unlimited trips within a fortnight- unlimited trips within a fortniuht. , , fortnight. this will bring, i think, some fortnight. this will bring, i think, some significant - think, some significant additional capacity to deliveries to the hgv fleet, because some of those eu fleets wil
thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad, in an attempt to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now the government is going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. this will bring, i think, some significant additional capacity to deliveries to the hgv fleet, because some of those eu fleets will be able to do more return jobs here in the uk. it s hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that, while it might take the pressure off in the run up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals. pig farming is another sector that has been struggling, with thousands of healthy animals
with the backlog at pig farms. our political correspondent jonathan blake has more. thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad, in an attempt to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now the government is going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. this will bring, i think, some significant additional capacity to deliveries to the hgv fleet, because some of those eu fleets will be able to do more return jobs here in the uk. it s hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that, while it might take the pressure off in the run up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals.
by several thousand. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad, in an attempt to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now, the government s going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. having some additional capacity, right now, i think everybody agrees is a good idea. this is a quick way of doing it. it doesn t require visas to do. people are already here. so, it sjust a common sense measure at these times. it s hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that while it might take