London: British Prime Minister Boris johnson He said he is ready to make a “bold decision” to rebuild the economy after the coronavirus pandemic as his Conservative Party meets on Sunday for its first annual convention since 2019.
NS Tory The conference begins on Sunday as a shortage of truckers in the north-west city of Manchester, where fuel deliveries Britain Empty pumps and long lines have been the cause at many gas stations. Worries about a widespread labor shortage, high taxes, rising energy bills and cuts to welfare payments from this week are among other challenges facing Johnson.
Despite economic concerns, opinion polls showed Johnson and his conservative opposition were voting ahead of the Labor Party.
Ahead of the conference, Johnson said he was ready to make “big, bold decisions on people’s priorities — on social care, on supporting jobs, on climate change, on tackling crime and raising standards.”
Asked about the truck driver shortage crisis, Johnson said it was a “chronic problem”, linked to low wages and an excessive reliance on migrant workers willing to work in poor conditions. He said that he would not repeat such a mistake.
“The way forward for our country is not just pulling the big lever marked by uncontrolled immigration and letting large numbers of people work,” he told the BBC.
Referring to the 2016 referendum, which led to Britain leaving the EU, Johnson said: “When people voted for change in 2016 … and chronic low productivity, and we are moving away from that. ”
Johnson said Britain’s economy was going through a “period of adjustment” after Brexit, and acknowledged that supply chain problems and food and fuel shortages could continue until Christmas.
He also said conditions at gas stations were improving after more than a week of disruption – although retailers say drivers still cannot get gas at many pumps in the London area and south-east England Is.
Britain has long struggled with a shortage of truck drivers, but the problem has come to the fore with a combination of Brexit, which ended the freedom of movement of workers from the EU into Britain, and the pandemic, which severely limited travel. and stopped training for domestic drivers who were supposed to replace those who left for their country.
Starting Monday, about 200 military personnel, including 100 drivers, will take to the streets to help ease fuel supply shortages.
NS Petrol Retailers Association The U.S. welcomed the move, but warned that it would have limited impact, given the relatively small number of people involved.
The government also said on Friday it was expanding the emergency visa program for thousands of foreign truck drivers.
NS Tory The conference begins on Sunday as a shortage of truckers in the north-west city of Manchester, where fuel deliveries Britain Empty pumps and long lines have been the cause at many gas stations. Worries about a widespread labor shortage, high taxes, rising energy bills and cuts to welfare payments from this week are among other challenges facing Johnson.
Despite economic concerns, opinion polls showed Johnson and his conservative opposition were voting ahead of the Labor Party.
Ahead of the conference, Johnson said he was ready to make “big, bold decisions on people’s priorities — on social care, on supporting jobs, on climate change, on tackling crime and raising standards.”
Asked about the truck driver shortage crisis, Johnson said it was a “chronic problem”, linked to low wages and an excessive reliance on migrant workers willing to work in poor conditions. He said that he would not repeat such a mistake.
“The way forward for our country is not just pulling the big lever marked by uncontrolled immigration and letting large numbers of people work,” he told the BBC.
Referring to the 2016 referendum, which led to Britain leaving the EU, Johnson said: “When people voted for change in 2016 … and chronic low productivity, and we are moving away from that. ”
Johnson said Britain’s economy was going through a “period of adjustment” after Brexit, and acknowledged that supply chain problems and food and fuel shortages could continue until Christmas.
He also said conditions at gas stations were improving after more than a week of disruption – although retailers say drivers still cannot get gas at many pumps in the London area and south-east England Is.
Britain has long struggled with a shortage of truck drivers, but the problem has come to the fore with a combination of Brexit, which ended the freedom of movement of workers from the EU into Britain, and the pandemic, which severely limited travel. and stopped training for domestic drivers who were supposed to replace those who left for their country.
Starting Monday, about 200 military personnel, including 100 drivers, will take to the streets to help ease fuel supply shortages.
NS Petrol Retailers Association The U.S. welcomed the move, but warned that it would have limited impact, given the relatively small number of people involved.
The government also said on Friday it was expanding the emergency visa program for thousands of foreign truck drivers.
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