BREXIT and the pandemic have left Fife Council short of everything from timber, bricks and plastics to food, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and microchips – and the disruption is "likely to get worse".

HOUSING developers have been warned to expect higher costs and longer building schedules because of supply chain delays related to Covid and Brexit.

With inflation set to rise, alongside the cost of shopping and transport, the economic fallout will squeeze Britons’ budgets.