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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Friday 15th October 2021
5. The UK's largest poultry seller has warned that the price of chicken is set to rise because of supply chain problems.
The chief executive of 2 Sisters Food Group, Ronald Kers, said that "in reality food is too cheap".
4. The government is to allow 800 foreign abattoir workers into the UK on temporary visas, after warnings from farmers of mass culls.
The shortage of butchers has already seen farmers destroy 6,600 healthy pigs due to a backlog on farms, the National Pig Association (NPA) said.
3. French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has said that leaving the single market after Brexit has made the supply chain crisis worse for the UK.
"We are facing the same situation But the fact that we are a member of a very important single market helps us facing these bottlenecks" he said at the G7 meetings in Washington.
2. The spending limit on each use of a contactless card has now risen from £45 to £100 - but not every shop will accept the new payment threshold.
Retailers say it could take months to update terminals before every shopper can spend up to £100, without the need to enter a four-digit Pin.
1. New rules allowing travellers returning to England to take lateral flow tests instead of more expensive PCR tests will come into force on 24 October.
The government says the changes will take effect in time for families returning from half term breaks.
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