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
The last british Plane Carrying troops and diplomats has now left Kabul Airport. It brings to an end nearly 20 years of operations in afghanistan. In the past two weeks more than 15 Thousand people were evacuated from the country. An estimated 11 Hundred eligible afghans and 150 Uk Nationals were unable to leave. 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, certainly by the Defenc
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
Hello and welcome to the programme. The last british Plane Carrying troops and diplomats has now left Kabul Airport. It brings to an end nearly 20 years of operations in afghanistan, culminating in the evacuation of more than 15 Thousand people from the country in the past two weeks. An estimated 11 Hundred eligible afghans and 150 Uk Nationals could not get out. 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 h