Likewise in agriculture. The mantra of fruit and veg farmers in southern England has evolved since the 1990s: The locals aren't willing to do the work so get some Northerners to do it. The North… (View Post)

The fundamental problem is the pay is too low. Getting a few thousand more cheap foreigners to keep the wages down helps in the short term but makes the medium and long term worse. (View Post)

Since the Referendum they've been expecting economic collapse and mass unemployment. Now they see record vacancies and rising wages. And what's worse for them is that the people who are ben… (View Post)

Getting the worst of what ? Rising pay ? Full employment ? (View Post)

The 'traffic lights' data on food is very useful IMO. People can stuff themselves full of sugars, saturated fat and salt if they want to but they can't say they weren't warned. (View Post)