Britons are many times more likely to have experienced shortages of food and fuel than people in half a dozen EU member states, according to a poll.
Global supply chain problems prompted by the pandemic have disrupted the international trade network since the summer, with transport backlogs combining with labour shortages to create scarcities of various goods around the world.
The government has argued that the shortages are part of a worldwide pattern and no worse in the UK than elsewhere, although logistics and experts – particularly in the food sector – have said the problems are amplified in Britain by a loss of east European workers and drivers since Brexit.
The YouGov poll showed residents of the UK were multiple times more likely to
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