These businesses have been a part of British history for 200 years. But with persistent restaurant staff shortages and plans to shake up the industry, time is running out for them.

With Indian restaurants in crisis, Boris Johnson and Priti Patel said we would be able to employ more chefs from south Asia.

Curry house bosses told how they felt “used”, “let down” and may have been given “false hope” by politicians that quitting the EU would allow more workers in from South Asia to address staff shortages.

Somewhere in the country one more closes every day, as falling immigration squeezes staff and and a weak pound drives up costs.

The British curry industry is “dying” because of Brexit and staff shortages, leading restaurateurs have warned.