More than 10,000 foreign workers to get temporary visas to prevent Christmas shortages | ITV News

More than 10,000 foreign workers to get temporary visas to prevent Christmas shortages | ITV News

More than 10,000 foreign workers will be temporarily permitted to work as lorry drivers and in the food sector as ministers look to rescue Christmas from supply shortages.

A temporary visa scheme will see opportunities created for 5,000 HGV drivers and 5,500 poultry workers to take up employment in the UK until Christmas Eve, in a bid to keep supermarket shelves stocked with turkeys and toys and counter delivery difficulties at petrol stations.

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