Is there now no chance of a SAWS scheme being introduced this year?

摘要

Latest Government statements fail to satisfy growers that enough is being done to deal with workforce shortagesIn February, Defra secretary Michael Gove raised growers' hopes of an imminent resumption of a seasonal agricultural workers scheme (SAWS) given the sector's increasing difficulty in recruiting the necessary volume of seasonal labour. He told the NFU Conference that he found the case for such a scheme "compelling" and he would be saying more on this "shortly".