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Brexit exodus: UK construction staff shortage leads to project delays and fewer new homes
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UK construction faces Brexit brain drain amid exodus of skilled EU workers Lucy Harley-McKeown A warning sign is displayed at a Persimmon construction site in Dartford, Britain August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
Numbers of European Union-born professionals working in the UK’s skilled construction and building trade dropped off by 46% in 2019.
That’s according to new research released by the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford. In 2018, ONS data listed 208,000 EU-born construction professionals. This petered off to a total of 113,000 the following year.
Construction industry experts now warn that the exodus of skilled EU workers is the result of Brexit, as well as COVID-19, and requires immediate government attention to avoid staff shortages.