'Large and persistent skills gaps': Construction bodies urge Chancellor for green skills support

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Construction industry leaders warn gap in green building skills threatens to undermine the UK's net zero transition

A lack of capacity in the construction sector combined with weaknesses in the UK's ailing skills system threatens to undermine the UK's efforts to reach net zero, a group of leading building industry figures...

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