'Crippling hospitality' | Acute talent shortages hit the Houses of Parliament, as unions condemn the Government

It seems that cause talent shortages are causing headaches for all types of employers, even the Houses of Parliament.

According to reports from The Caterer, the prestigious home of British politics is grappling with an acute staff shortage that has caused certain services within the Westminster home of parliament to reduce.

The failure to recruit an adequate volume of hospitality workers has impacted the catering service, which operates 15 venues including bars, restaurants, and banqueting rooms across the wider parliamentary estate.

"There are issues about staff recruitment in the catering department. We're short of chefs … by about 38, I think, at the last count, so there's less we can do.” Sir Charles Walker, MP for Broxbourne and Chair of the House of Commons administration committee told Times Radio this week.