The government needs to find a way out of the mess it has created

By Richard Steer2018-08-24T07:00:00

The construction’s contribution to the economy is seemingly being ignored. But ours is the sector that is going to be essential in the delivery process of large infrastructure projects post-Brexit

Brexit was seen by some as the answer to a problem that many of us did not believe existed in the first place. Now the predictions from the economists, commentators and business community that were dismissed as Project Fear by the hard-right Brexiteers are being shown to have been prescient rather than patronising and if anything have underplayed the disastrous effects on our sector of leaving the EU.

The results of the survey do not surprise me at all. Construction’s workforce has been a net contributor to the economy. This seems to be ignored by the more rabid supporters of Brexit at all costs.

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