UK relaxes immigration rules for construction workers as Brexit labour shortages bite
The Independent says The government has been forced to relax immigration rules for construction workers after it was warned that new Brexit red tape is causing labour shortages on building sites.
Bricklayers, roofers, carpenters and plasterers are among occupations who will again find it easier to come and work in Britain after the Home Office added the trades to its “shortage occupation list”.
The government’s Migration Advisory Committee said in March that the “decision to leave the EU with the consequent ending of freedom of movement”, as well as Covid-19, had had “significant effects” on the industry.
Despite a push to train more domestic workers and attempts to improve recruitment and retention to fill vacancies, the construction sector was still suffering from “shortages which do not show signs of abating”, the committee said.
