Decline in EU workers hits UK agriculture, Lords inquiry told

National Farmers Union labour survey highlights sharp decline in availability of seasonal EU workers following Brexit vote

British agriculture has already been hit by a sharp decline in EU migrants willing to undertake seasonal work since the Brexit vote, a House of Lords inquiry has been told.

The evidence of "a dramatic change in the availability of EU labour" in the last six months comes as the government's chief adviser on migration warned that post-Brexit curbs on low-skilled EU migration to Britain would only provide a "modest" boost to wages and employment for British workers.