The UK government dropped 283 million pounds to train builders, coders, and engineers, but businesspeople are saying it is basically pointless. Around 100 million is going to metro mayors and local leaders to expand construction courses at colleges with a goal of getting 60,000 extra construction workers ready, while the rest helps colleges handle more teenagers coming through by 2028. Ministers want this to support their plan for 1.5 million new homes, but critics like Michelle Lawson from Lawson Financial in Fareham are calling it empty promises that arrive way after the damage is done.
The real issue is not a lack of trained workers, according to people like Rohit Parmar-Mistry from Pattrn Data in Burton-on-Trent. He says major developers are sitting on land with planning permission for years to keep supply tight, and training a bunch of workers means nothing if companies have zero incentive to actually build anything. Other experts pointed out that data centers are paying better and stealing all the electricians and site managers, plus young people are not exactly lining up to work in construction when the sector treats builders like villains.
The real issue is not a lack of trained workers, according to people like Rohit Parmar-Mistry from Pattrn Data in Burton-on-Trent. He says major developers are sitting on land with planning permission for years to keep supply tight, and training a bunch of workers means nothing if companies have zero incentive to actually build anything. Other experts pointed out that data centers are paying better and stealing all the electricians and site managers, plus young people are not exactly lining up to work in construction when the sector treats builders like villains.
