"The government’s levelling up agenda is based on the premise the entire country has suffered some type of collective amnesia," he said.

“Incredible Brexit blinkers,” Labour's Andrew Adonis said.

"I have been running restaurants for the best part of 30 years and I have never before closed a service due to staff shortages. The problem is not Covid, but Brexit," a reputable pub owner has said.

“This has aged as well as a lettuce left unpicked in the field," wrote one Twitter user.

The 18-year-old also said the last time she bought a new piece of clothing was three years ago – and that it was second-hand.

An animal welfare representative said the government is showing signs that there will not be proper protections against animal testing post-Brexit.

“This is an admission that far from ‘teething problems’, the government expects supply problems from their rushed Brexit deal to continue indefinitely," Best for Britain's Naomi Smith said.

"For anyone who has worked in purchasing for some time, this is as significant and widespread a challenge as we’ve seen.”

“He took away all our local advice services, thousands of local police officers, he reduced funding for refuges, took away access to justice, he made a killing from his failures, we had to suffer because of them," Jess Phillips said.