Up to 100,000 pigs ‘could be destroyed due to post-Brexit shortage of butchers’
Up to 100,000 pigs ‘could be destroyed due to post-Brexit shortage of butchers’
The meat industry is the latest sector facing major disruption due to staff shortages (Pictures: Rex / Getty)
Farmers may be forced to incinerate nearly 100,000 pigs due to a post-Brexit shortage of butchers.
The profession was not included on a list of so-called ‘Shortage Occupations’, which allows foreigners to enter the UK more easily on a skilled worker visa.
Industry figures say…
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