A new quango, a new levy and 32 new hubs: Six months in, what has Labour done to fix the skills crisis?

By Daniel Gayne2025-01-22T06:00:00

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Labour shortages pose a huge challenge to the government’s plans for housing and infrastructure. While it is still relatively early days for Keir Starmer and his team, the construction industry is not yet sure whether his party has the answers, writes Daniel Gayne

Amid a flurry of policy announcements, scandals and budget reaction at the end of last year, you could be forgiven for having missed the announcement of 32 Homebuilding Skills Hubs.

Indeed, in construction alone, headlines were dominated by the National Planning Policy Framework, where the new government set out the planning policies which will underpin its bold ambition to build 1.5 million homes across the parliament.

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