haulage industry and supply chain so we don t have to suffer the consequences of shortage moving forward. and it will take time for this to be fixed. but i reiterate that the supply chain, the drivers are working extremely hard to ensure that the consumer can all enjoy christmas. that the consumer can all en oy chumsfi that the consumer can all en oy christmas. ., ,, , ., , . ., christmas. thank you very much for talkin: to christmas. thank you very much for talking to us- christmas. thank you very much for talking to us. peter christmas. thank you very much for talking to us. peter wilson, - christmas. thank you very much for talking to us. peter wilson, group l talking to us. peter wilson, group managing director of cory brothers which is a shipping agency. is a disproportionate amount of attention on pigs in blankets, there, i do apologise, i do like them! to set its plan to cut red tape and reduce checks on goods moving between great britain and northern ireland to try to end t
willing to take those jobs. let there s so many workers who would be willing to take those jobs. willing to take those obs. let me ask ou willing to take those obs. let me ask you another willing to take those jobs. let me ask you another question - willing to take those jobs. let me ask you another question about i ask you another question about the other part of your studies, and that is about the effect of immigration on wages and conditions again, borisjohnson said last week here that it borisjohnson said last week here thatitis borisjohnson said last week here that it is his view, because we had already supplied pre brexit of low skilled, low paid workers from europe, but employers have done is they ve not put better conditions in place, and that s one of the reasons why we have a shortage in the haulage industry because it became an industry where people didn t want to work. part of the blame was attributed to that flow of immigrant labour what would you say about that?
but we do expect. between now and christmas we certainly don t think we will be able to run a full service. but we will be expecting that we can run our temporary reduced timetables. and the unite union says higher wages to drive hgvs are another factor. we have the haulage industry which is short of drivers. so the bus drivers go across to them. and that creates a backlash because there is now a shortage of bus drivers as well as haulage drivers. for now, many people seem relatively sympathetic. but that may not last. simon spark, bbc look north, lincoln. when carl martin lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle crash five years ago, he decided he wanted something positive to come from his situation. the former surveyor from sussex has now become govia thameslink railway s new accessibility lead. as piers hopkirk reports, carl says he ll use his first hand experience to make changes, and help get more
number of drivers applying to work under the government emergency visa scheme. the prime minister s explanation was that it shows a global shortage. tell us more about what he said. global shortage. tell us more about what he said- global shortage. tell us more about what he said. recapping the story so far, there what he said. recapping the story so far. there is what he said. recapping the story so far. there is a what he said. recapping the story so far, there is a shortage what he said. recapping the story so far, there is a shortage of what he said. recapping the story so far, there is a shortage of hgv - far, there is a shortage of hgv drivers in the uk as there has been historically, the haulage industry said an emergency visa scheme could bring in drivers from abroad, the government resisted it and then accepted it and said they would issue 5,000 visas over the next few months, and initially it would be 300. in the initial stages, less than half of that number of driver
was in control, who governs britain, is the government in control? boris johnson hopes this idea that the uk is moving from a low wage high immigration economy to a higher wage low immigration economy is a product of brexit is something that will be popular and it may well be in the longer term but the tricky issue is how quickly the short term issues can be resolved, and i think the other question is the extent to which people blame the private sector for not changing things quickly enough, for instance in the haulage industry or in aspects of the food processing industry, or do people blame the prime ministerfor what is happening? people blame the prime minister for what is happening? what is happening? chris, good to see ou. retailers say petrol supplies are still not getting to london and south east england, with more than a fifth of forecourts still dry. the petrol retailers association said it hoped the army driving tankers would help