Government's new 10,500 temporary UK visas fails to address long-term labour solutions

The Government’s ’miniscule gesture’ of granting up to 10,500 temporary UK visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers has failed to address long-term solutions to the labour crisis and ignored pig welfare.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 5 min read
Government's new 10,500 temporary UK visas fails to address long-term labour solutions

The Government's 'miniscule gesture' of granting up to 10,500 temporary UK visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers has failed to address long-term solutions to the labour crisis and ignored the dire...

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