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Keep up to dateOur Brickonomics blogger takes a punt that job losses are going to come thick and fast
Construction has now lost 213,000 jobs since the recession started to kick in the autumn of 2008, according to the latest figures. That is about 10% of the workforce.
That sounds like a lot and it is. But given the severity of the fall in construction workload to date it is less than you might have imagined.
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