Britons are many times more likely to have experienced shortages of food and fuel than people in half a dozen EU member states, according to a poll.
Global supply chain problems prompted by the pandemic have disrupted the international trade network since the summer, with transport backlogs combining with labour shortages to create scarcities of various goods around the world.
The government has argued that the shortages are part of a worldwide pattern and no worse in the UK than elsewhere,
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