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Farms have been hit with a shortage of the migrant workers that Britain relies on to bring in the fruit and vegetable harvests, according to a series of new reports. There was a 17% shortfall in May, leaving some farms critically short of pickers, according to a new National Farmers Union (NFU) survey. The decline is blamed on Brexit, with the vote to depart the EU leaving the UK seen as “xenophobic” and “racist” by overseas workers, according to the director of a major agricultural recruitment company.

Farms hit by labour shortage as migrant workers shun 'racist' UK | Environment | The Guardian

U.K. consumer spending fell for the first time since 2013 last month, dropping 0.8 percent compared with a year earlier, an index by Visa and IHS Markit shows. The gauge illustrates how faster inflation and weak wage growth are taking their toll on U.K. household demand. Uncertainty around the outcome of Brexit and concern about the economy are likely to keep expenditure weaker in the months ahead, according to Annabel Fiddes, an economist at IHS Markit.

British Spending Falls for First Time in Years: Chart - Bloomberg