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Rain falls on apply today with a mixture of sunshine and showers, turning windy go through the day and thatis turning windy go through the day and that is after quite a wild start in shetland. i will have all of the details on breakfast. it is sunday the third of october, good morning. conservative mps and party members are gathering in manchester the start of their annual conference with the prime minister insisting that uk cannot to relying on low paid immigrants to fill crucialjobs like driving fuel tankers and food lorries. the government has issued 5000 temporary visas forforeign government has issued 5000 temporary visas for foreign drivers but boris johnson says the long term solution is higher wages to attract and retain more british drivers. it is part of his plan to rebuild the country after the pandemic. iain watson reports. edging on with the job, that is one of the conservative party conference public slogan, an attempt to portray the prime ministers a man of action. the o ....
Given temporary uk visas in a government u turn designed to stop supply chain disruption ahead of christmas. it comes after a shortage of drivers led to fuel delivery problems at petrol stations and empty shelves in supermarkets. 5000 fuel tanker and food delivery drivers will be out of work and to christmas. the road haulage association estimates there is 100,000 vacancies. the transport secretary grant shapps has urged people to be sensible and only fill up people to be sensible and only fill up their cars when they need to. the labour leader sir keir starmer says the governors failed to prepare and called for more visas to be issued. here our business correspondent katie austin. the 5,000 visas will be available for people who drive fuel tankers and food lorries from the start of october. they ll last only until christmas eve. it s thought the shortfall of hgv drivers in the uk runs into tens of thousands. ....
Hello and welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. more than 10,000 workers will be given visas. it comes as the shortage of drivers led to them is at petrol stations and empty shelves in supermarkets. 5000 fuel tanker and food delivery drivers will be eligible to work in the uk the three months until christmas eve. the road haulage association estimates there is a shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers. the government scheme is also extended to 5500 poultry workers. the transport secretary grant shapps has urged people to be sensible and only fill up their cars when they need to. the labour leader sir keir starmer has said the government has failed to prepare and he has called for more visas to be issued. the 5,000 visas will be available for people who drive fuel tankers and food lorries from the start of october. they ll last only ....
Until christmas eve. the scheme is also extended to 5500 poultry workers. the british chamber of commerce said the latest announcement was like throwing a thimble of water on a bonfire. here s our business correspondence katie austin. the 5,000 visas will be available for people who drive fuel tankers and food lorries from the start of october. they ll last only until christmas eve. it s thought the shortfall of hgv drivers in the uk runs into tens of thousands. the problem has been building for years but has worsened following brexit and the pandemic. 0ne haulier said today s news was a step in the right direction. it might well get us over the peak time although i would like to have seen it four months, but we ll take what we can. but it s not enough and it s too little too late, basically. the government had resisted calls from retail and freight business groups for a short term relaxation of immigration rules. now that s changed. it follows two days of issues at petrol stations whi ....
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