Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post

Thinking about agriculture, there aren't enough workers out there to harvest crops. We've been heavily reliant on migrant workers as they've been prepared to work for the wages on offer. Wages will need to rise if we're to attract British workers to these places, where many are not a reasonable commute away. That'll result in food costs rising. I'm interested to find out if wages of lorry drivers has gone up as demand has far exceeded supply. That'll also result in costs rising.

Meanwhile, those on minimum wage jobs and low incomes will suffer the most.
A portion of this is due to COVID and furlough though - as seen in all sectors and jumping to more sociable jobs etc.

Admittedly there has been a big impact of Brexit but the Government can have an impact on that with various levers