Petrol crisis part of Brexit 'transition' away from low-wage economy, says minister

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Mr Kwarteng said that he was receiving positive data on investment into the UK and prospects for British steel companies, which led him to believe that issues around supply chains and trade following Brexit would recede in the future.
49% : Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng's comments represent the most explicit link yet made by a member of Boris Johnson's government between Brexit and the labour shortage which has left the UK with 100,000 fewer HGV drivers than it needs.
46% : and that was only eight years ago, and then three years after that we voted for Brexit.
45% : For many Leave voters, he said, Brexit was about the stagnation in wage levels seen following the introduction of free movement for EU workers in 2004.

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