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Shapps on new measures to ease shortages

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a temporary visa scheme that will see 5,000 HGV drivers and 5,500 poultry workers brought in on three-month contracts to keep supermarket shelves stocked with turkeys for Christmas and tackle fuel delivery issues.