Boris Johnson tells business leaders it is their job to prevent food shortages

Prime minister rejects pleas for visas to stock festive shelves – insisting that the ‘government can’t step in and fix the supply chain’

“I don’t believe in a command-and-control economy, so I don’t believe the prime minister is responsible for what’s in the shops,” she insisted.– the prime minister’s stance is a blow to business groups, whose leaders are pleading for the government to step in.said it was the government’s role to plug labour shortages, calling for visas to bring in EU workers to fill gaps in the care, hospitality, manufacturing and construction sectors.

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