Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: The UK has not invested enough in public infrastructure, but attempts towards ...

The UK has not invested enough in public infrastructure, but attempts towards rectifying this lack in investment look likely to confront skilled labour shortages in construction.

Not only did Brexit reduce the number of migrant workers entering the sector, a lack of investment (interest) in skills training (i.e. via FE colleges) compounded by health-related retirements of older workers means there are too few UK-national with skills to fill the gap(s).

#infrastructure #construction

h/t FT