Rees-Mogg criticized after calling on 'cheap food imports' to replace UK seasonal workers
Some claim that Jacob Rees-Mogg has failed to recognise the ‘invaluable contribution' of farmers and growers in domestic food production. Rees-Mogg said the UK ‘does not need fruit pickers' and suggested ‘cheaper fruit' should be imported from abroad.
He also called for greater controls on legal migration and warned numbers are 'getting out of control' after the Office for
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