Johnson Says Brexit Britain Must Adapt Amid Fuel, Food Shortages
- Warns he won’t fall back on immigration to plug labor gaps
- Defends tax increase but says he doesn’t want to do it again
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he won’t fall back on immigration to solve the U.K.’s truck driver shortage, as he presented supply chain troubles that have left supermarket shelves bare and gas stations dry as a “period of adjustment” in the wake of Brexit and the pandemic.