Slim pickings as prices soar: So should Brexiteers pitch in?

■ With the shortage of foreign workers to pick the vegetables (pictured) that are rotting in the fields, would it be an idea for all of those who voted to leave the EU with time on their hands – parttime, unemployed or weekenders – to pitch in and help to feed the England that they wanted? Or is that asking too much?

DA, Crete

■ The government says Brexit isn’t to blame for the current supply chain crisis. I’ve never heard so much codswallop.

A shortage of lorry drivers is down to Brexit. The government can’t lie about this one. Yes, they may be taking steps and speeding up the training of lorry drivers. However, our roads will become dangerous with so many inexperienced drivers using the roads at the same time.

The government knows Brexit was mainly voted for due to eastern European residents coming here.

Many of these were experienced lorry drivers, which Brexit forced away. The government should rectify its mistakes and allow special visas for them. We know it won’t, as it would be admitting it got it badly wrong. I for one would like them to swallow their pride and ensure safety.

Scott, Edinburgh

■ With the £20 uplift to Universal Credit due to end, taxation on the rise, food prices going up, energy prices soaring and the rich getting richer… Is this what is meant by levelling up?

Eddy G, Salford

■ Get used to these higher energy prices. Even if wholesale prices come down, energy companies will never reduce them.

Tyler McBride, Coventry

■ According to Col Blake (MetroTalk, Thu), the extra £20 a week for Universal Credit claimants, which he describes as a ‘kind allowance’, should be rescinded. Does he know the majority of UC claimants are working but have to claim, as the wages employers offer are so poor? Does he not know this money goes straight back into the economy, keeping people employed and pensions paid for? These claimants have to pay extra NI contributions, for the same reason the triple lock for pensioners has gone – to pay for the care of pensioners, some of whom could afford to pay for their own care. Some people begrudge assistance to anyone less able than themselves.

Scott Fisher, Birmingham