The need to grow our own craft workers is more important than ever?

The office for budget responsibility (OBR) has issued the following statement as part of the budget. 

‘Government has added construction-related roles such as bricklayers, carpenters and roofers to the "Shortage Occupation List" to help firms tackle staff shortages with lower-paid foreign
workers’ says Sky News.,

Blyth Councillor Grant Davey is not surprised by this announcement but is seriously disappointed by this shocking  attitude from the Government, he said “ The Government should hang their heads in shame in pushing cheap Labour schemes onto the highly profitable construction industry.

As a nation we should be training hundreds if not thousands of young people each year to fill these posts and ensure the real rate for the job becomes a true part of national government thinking”