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Video. Pigs pile up as Brexit and COVID leave UK farms with butcher shortfall

Updated: 15/10/2021 - 16:01 GMT+2

The UK government is issuing up to 800 temporary visas for foreign butchers to address a shortage of abattoir workers which has led to a backlog of pigs on farms.

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