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A housing
in the UK is being exacerbated by a
of bricklayers. Britain needs to build more homes to enable young people to get on the housing ladder and to end the
of homelessness. Soaring rents and a lack of affordable housing have greatly increased rough
. Successive governments over
have failed to meet their housebuilding targets. The latest government's
are being hindered by a shortfall of
bricklayers and other
tradespeople. The UK needs an extra 25,000 bricklayers, 3,000
, 4,000 plasterers, 10,000 carpenters, and 3,000 new electricians to meet its
to build 1.5 million new homes.
