LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Britain’s labour pressure shortages are extra of a difficulty for the economic system than Brexit, finance minister Jeremy Hunt mentioned on Sunday, including that he would search to handle constraints that companies are going through on hiring in his upcoming funds plan.
Requested whether or not Brexit was the explanation Britain’s economic system was lagging different nations, Hunt informed the BBC: “I do not assume that is the largest concern … I feel it is way more to do with different elements within the labour market that I need to take into consideration.”
“That is creating constraints for companies which can be discovering they cannot make use of the individuals they should. That is completely one thing I will be speaking about on Thursday.”
Reporting by William Schomberg, Writing by Kylie MacLellan
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