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Morning Briefing: construction industry warns over Brexit skills gap
Construction workers from EU countries should be allowed to stay in the UK after Brexit, industry bodies have said
In the news
The BBC is reporting that seven representative bodies for the sector, which employs around three million people, have launched a Construction Industry Brexit Manifesto.
The UK faces a “cliff edge” of construction skills shortages as it leaves the EU, the industry warned. In June Inside Housing revealed a concern about labour shortages among social housing leaders, in a piece one year on from the referendum.
Elsewhere, communities secretary Sajid Javid has been interviewed by The Big Issue.
Mr Javid told the magazine that economic uncertainty caused by Brexit would not damage the government’s plans to build 300,000 homes a year.
Elsewhere, The Guardian reports on a survey which revealed that 39% of women’s refuge services say they will have to close if the government presses ahead with plans to remove short-term supported housing from the welfare system.
Another 13% of services said they would have to reduce bed spaces.
Meanwhile, The Guardian also reports that the value of the UK’s total housing stock has passed the £6tn mark for the first time according to Halifax – up nearly £2tn in the past 10 years.
On social media
Inside Housing held a premier last night for the winner of our Reel Homes competition to produce a film marking 50 years since Ken Loach’s seminal Cathy Come Home.
Venue looking amazing ahead of screening of @megankfoxfilm‘s @CallingHomeFilm - winner of @insidehousing #ReelHomes competition to mark 50 yrs since Cathy Come Home.
— Emma Maier (@EmmaMaier)
Thanks to @IB_unitedliving for supporting the event & to our #ukhousing backers who made the competition possible pic.twitter.com/sPnV0cvyhTVenue looking amazing ahead of screening of @megankfoxfilm‘s @CallingHomeFilm - winner of @insidehousing #ReelHomes competition to mark 50 yrs since Cathy Come Home.
— Emma Maier (@EmmaMaier) November 28, 2017
Thanks to @IB_unitedliving for supporting the event & to our #ukhousing backers who made the competition possible pic.twitter.com/sPnV0cvyhT
— Inside Housing (@insidehousing)
Such an amazing experience to share @CallingHomeFilm with members of homeless and housing sector who made it possible 🙏🏼 t.co/CJGuHiFwsN
— Megan K. Fox (@megankfoxfilm)Such an amazing experience to share @CallingHomeFilm with members of homeless and housing sector who made it possible \uD83D\uDE4F\uD83C\uDFFC https://t.co/CJGuHiFwsN
— Megan K. Fox (@megankfoxfilm) November 28, 2017
Congratulations again to Megan K Fox for her excellent Calling Home.
What’s on
- Prime Minister’s Questions is at 12pm, with Theresa May possibly set to field questions from Jeremy Corbyn on the Autumn Budget’s housing measures
- The Work and Pensions Select Committee will be quizzing economists on the roll-out of Universal Credit in a session starting at 9.30am, while the Commons will close with an adjournment debate on the effect of Universal Credit on terminally ill people
- London mayor Sadiq Khan will launch his draft London Plan today
