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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jabed Ahmed

Migrant labour needed to solve UK housing crisis, construction industry warns

The construction industry wants a special visa to be created to import enough workers it says are critical to solving the housing crisis as the government grapples with quelling migration.

The Labour government has pledged to build more than 1.5million new homes in the UK by the end of Parliament, however, concerns within the construction industry over manpower have dampened Sir Keir Starmer’s plans.

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