>>1712943That's sort of what happened. There was already a shortage before coronameme, but when that hit, everyone not from the UK fucked off to their home country. Since going to the UK is now shit for them due to border entry hassles, IR35 tax changes, the decline in the value of the pound vs the euro, they're just staying in the EU. There's also an ongoing wave of retirements and people fucking off to other industries. It's a shit job with garbage pay so it's understandable that nobody wants to do it anymore.