Scheme to avert Brexit staff crisis will come too late, says hospitality industry

British Hospitality Association writes to ministers as it emerges that qualification in hospitality will not be introduced until 2022

Government plans to help find an army of British baristas, waitresses and chefs to replace EU workers have been criticised after it emerged they will not be introduced for five years.

The British Hospitality Association has written to the immigration minister Brandon Lewis expressing dismay that plans for a new qualification in hospitality will not be introduced until 2022.

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