Ambitious housebuilding and energy projects expose lack of new recruits to construction industry
Ambitious housebuilding and energy projects expose lack of new recruits to construction industry
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New figures highlight Government’s struggle to hit its one million new homes target
Construction activity at weakest since May 2020 despite pledge to deliver 1.5 million new homes
Labour’s acute sense of inefficiency has reached crisis proportions for the UK’s infrastructure
The 1.5m homes target means building an average of 300,000 new homes a year – a figure not achieved since the 1970s
Construction firms ramp up production and investment amid Labour’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes
Soaring cost of building materials, lack of affordability and planning bottlenecks are some of the obstacles thwarting housing…
