The GLAA’s accounts showed net expenditure grew 6% to £6.6m in the year to 31 March 2020, but Home Office funding only increased 2.3%
Chair of the NFU’s horticulture and potatoes board, Ali Capper, has warned the timeline for SAWS was causing ‘nervousness’
The pilot scheme allows migrant labour to enter the UK to work for a six-month period
The Efra Committee suggested the UK could see food prices go up unless more was done to resolve questions around labour
Data from industry bodies showed the UK-resident workforce is not big or reliable enough to fulfil growers’ labour needs
The environment secretary’s claim a third of workers in produce supply chains were British has been dismissed by industry sources
The Scottish industry body has called for ‘urgent clarity’ ahead of the 31 December Brexit deadline
Many businesses were not ready for new immigration rules and would stuggle to plan for their workforce, warned the FDF’s Tim Rycroft
Efra Committee chair Neil Parish warned produce could be ‘left to rot in fields’ if the food sector’s labour requirements weren’t met
British Poultry Council CEO Richard Griffiths has warned the new rules ‘will have an impact on the cost of production’