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Very true Notch. I don't know how these house builders get away with it.
Fruit and veg ‘will run out’ unless Britain charters planes to fly in farm workers from Europe
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More scare mongering that never happened.No. Please tell me this aint so. I need my facepalm and desk headbutting emojis but im running out..
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ykvILs_5q86t24oNIG5cl4Y2DcmdmWn4R1IupMmfjf7-w
UK urgently needs to fill 90,000 positions to pick crops that will otherwise die in the fields, warns charity
Fruit pickers on a farm in Hereford. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images
Charter flights to bring in agricultural workers from eastern Europe are needed as a matter of urgency, otherwise fruit and vegetables will be left unpicked in Britain’s fields, the government is being warned.
Some large farms have already been chartering planes to bring in labour from eastern Europe. But farming organisations and recruitment agencies say that, in the face of massive disruption to the agricultural sector caused by the spread of the coronavirus, the government needs to step in and help organise more flights.
Some 90,000 positions need to be filled, many in just a few weeks’ time. One leading supplier, the charity Concordia, was looking to bring in around 10,000 labourers – half from the EU and the rest from Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Barbados. But all of the non-EU countries are closed. On Wednesday, in a big setback, Ukraine extended its lockdown from 2 April until 23 April.
Stephanie Maurel, Concordia’s chief executive, said: “Our recruitment outside the EU is stalled which leaves us with Lithuania, which has closed borders, Romania with no airplanes, and Bulgaria which is our little beacon.”
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durhamplumber
More scare mongering that never happened.No. Please tell me this aint so. I need my facepalm and desk headbutting emojis but im running out..
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ykvILs_5q86t24oNIG5cl4Y2DcmdmWn4R1IupMmfjf7-w
UK urgently needs to fill 90,000 positions to pick crops that will otherwise die in the fields, warns charity
Fruit pickers on a farm in Hereford. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images
Charter flights to bring in agricultural workers from eastern Europe are needed as a matter of urgency, otherwise fruit and vegetables will be left unpicked in Britain’s fields, the government is being warned.
Some large farms have already been chartering planes to bring in labour from eastern Europe. But farming organisations and recruitment agencies say that, in the face of massive disruption to the agricultural sector caused by the spread of the coronavirus, the government needs to step in and help organise more flights.
Some 90,000 positions need to be filled, many in just a few weeks’ time. One leading supplier, the charity Concordia, was looking to bring in around 10,000 labourers – half from the EU and the rest from Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Barbados. But all of the non-EU countries are closed. On Wednesday, in a big setback, Ukraine extended its lockdown from 2 April until 23 April.
Stephanie Maurel, Concordia’s chief executive, said: “Our recruitment outside the EU is stalled which leaves us with Lithuania, which has closed borders, Romania with no airplanes, and Bulgaria which is our little beacon.”
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Other countries manage perfectly well without the obsession to buy
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Didn't they ship a load of foreigners in to bail us out the ****e?
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Because of uk obsession with buying
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Bodd
Not my argument boyo. I was responding to DP....
I'm sure those foreigners were very grateful that they got us out the sheite.
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Bodd
Not really. My mortgage is practically paid up. If I was still renting it would make me poorer when I retire. It makes me happy
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Different story on twitter I've seen alot of people post up screenshots from the agency thanking them for applying but all applications are filled for pickers. No reports of anyone actually receiving a job offer. I also read the minimum wage is paid then the deduction for accommodation is made. I cant help but think this is a massive fck over for the slaves er fruit pickers.
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They need to charge for accommodation it's to combat against Lazy Fnckers who are there for a free ride
that's because other countries don't use land as an investment
good old capitalism is the root of the housing crisis in this country -that and a country where 50% of all land is owned by 1%
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