How are we going to fill the gaps if EU workers dont want to return?
Britains skills crisis has been brewing for some time. It is a problem for businesses, which cant find the staff they need, and for workers, who struggle to secure well-paid, decent jobs. Companies, economists and policymakers have made repeated attempts to fix the problem, but the pandemic and Brexit have made the need for a solution more urgent. As businesses invest in their digital operations and the government promises an infrastructure boom to power the nations recovery, there has rarely been a more pressing time to tackle the issue. Sponsored  The construction sector has long relied on workers from the EU to fill key positions and faces a severe shortage of bricklayers and carpenters, just as the government is launching a build back better (and greener)