The uks twenty year Military Mission in afghanistan has ended, with the departure of britains last evacuation flight. Almost all remaining british troops, diplomats and officials have now left. The government in london says it has airlifted more than 15 Thousand people from kabul in the past two weeks, including around 8,000 afghans. Heres our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. Heading home. 1,000 british troops were sent into kabul to get people out. Us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. The last british Plane Carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning. This evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. In all, there were over 100 raf flights. The end of a 20 Year Campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. Weve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but im afraid its absolutely that heartbreaking that we cant bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, cer
Worker shortages caused by a perfect storm of issues including Brexit Changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. The government is facing growing calls for a temporary Visa Scheme to try to fill the gap. Our Business Correspondent Katy austin reports. Preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. Because of brexit, we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. The bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20 and 25 , which is huge. So, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys. Other areas of Food Production are also having problems. A shortage of Meat Processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. The government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at The End of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. Now, those people aren
Growing calls for a temporary Visa Scheme to try to fill the gap. Our Business Correspondent Katy austin reports. Preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. Because of brexit, we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. The bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20 and 25 , which is huge. So, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys. Other areas of Food Production are also having problems. A shortage of Meat Processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. The government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at The End of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. Now, those people arent living in areas where the manufacturing plants are, they dont have the right skills, and i suspect a lot of them wouldnt want to go and work in Food Manufacturin
Into kabul to get people out. Us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. The last british Plane Carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning. This evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. In all, there were over 100 raf flights. The end of a 20 Year Campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. Weve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but im afraid its absolutely that heartbreaking that we cant bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the Defence Secretary and others over the last ten days or so. Personally, ive probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, wont make it out. And for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. Day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to escape. Altogethe
Food producers are warning that worker shortages caused by a perfect storm of issues including Brexit Changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. The government is facing growing calls for a temporary Visa Scheme to try to fill the gap. Our Business Correspondent Katy austin reports. Preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. Because of brexit, we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. The bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20 and 25 , which is huge. So, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys. Other areas of Food Production are also having problems. A shortage of Meat Processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. The government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at The End of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve you