{"id":158313,"date":"2026-01-14T11:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=158313"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:05:03","slug":"dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/","title":{"rendered":"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New research from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department for Education<\/a> (DfE) shows that 93% of adults agree that construction is vital to improving life in England<\/h2>\n<p>Further reflecting the public opinion on construction, 66% agree that inspiring more young people to join the industry is essential.<\/p>\n<p>The research also says that over half of respondents say that teachers with industry-experience will be key to closing the skills gap.<\/p>\n<h3>The research accompanies the launch of a new campaign<\/h3>\n<p>The launch of the Built to Inspire campaign, delivered by Teach in Further Education, and Skills for Life, is accompanied by the revealing of two new murals in London and Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign\u2019s ultimate goal is to promote and expedite recruitment and quality training of construction workers in the UK, and therefore is aimed at young people and career changers, as well as those providing further education training and employers offering apprenticeships.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158332\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-158332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Manchester mural revealed alongside research on public opinions on construction\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manchester-2-scaled.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: \u00a9James Speakman\/PA Media Assignments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rosa Wells, chair of the National Network Institutes of Technology and executive dean for Sustainable Construction at University College Birmingham, said: \u201cGrowing up, I was always fascinated by how things were made &#8211; the innovation, the precision, and the incredible skill behind it all. That passion led me into a career in manufacturing,\u202fwhere I\u202fcollaborated with talented tradespeople across the\u202fsector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reached a point where I wanted to give back and help shape the future of the industry I love. Teaching in Further Education gave me that opportunity.\u202fIt\u2019s\u202fnot just about passing on technical knowledge;\u202fit\u2019s\u202fabout inspiring confidence, showing learners\u202fwhat\u2019s\u202fpossible, and preparing them for careers that sustain and grow our sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cA monumental challenge\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/is-the-government-turning-tide-on-construction-skills-gap\/153827\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writing for PBC Today in August last year<\/a>, CIOB head of policy and public affairs David Barnes examined and discussed the government\u2019s drive in tackling construction skill shortages.<\/p>\n<p>David wrote: \u201cOver the past year, voices across the construction sector have increasingly urged the government to take meaningful action to address the construction skills gap. In recent months, it seems this feedback has finally been taken on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK government has made a wave of recent announcements aimed at tackling the chronic shortage of skilled workers in construction. These announcements mark one of the most concerted attempts in years to address this challenge, so it is a suitable time to take stock and evaluate what the government\u2019s plans are for construction skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has also announced it will be focusing on promoting construction careers as a part of its broader mission to get unemployed people into work. This will involve improving advice related to construction careers delivered by job centres and funding a number of work experience placements for those looking to get into work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for Educations (DfE) has launched a new campaign promoting recruitment and training to match public opinion on construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":158331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[172839,660,596],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-158313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hr-skills-news","8":"tag-recruitment","9":"tag-skills-shortage","10":"tag-training"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Department for Educations (DfE) has launched a new campaign promoting recruitment and training to match public opinion on construction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department for Educations (DfE) has launched a new campaign promoting recruitment and training to match public opinion on construction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T11:05:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1284\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Brundrett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Brundrett\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3\"},\"headline\":\"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T11:05:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/\"},\"wordCount\":468,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Recruitment\",\"Skills Shortage\",\"Training\"],\"articleSection\":[\"HR &amp; Skills News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/\",\"name\":\"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T11:05:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Department for Educations (DfE) has launched a new campaign promoting recruitment and training to match public opinion on construction\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1284,\"caption\":\"Image: \u00a9Matt Alexander\/PA Media Assignments\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3\",\"name\":\"Matt Brundrett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Brundrett\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/mattbrundrett\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction","description":"The Department for Educations (DfE) has launched a new campaign promoting recruitment and training to match public opinion on construction","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction","og_description":"The Department for Educations (DfE) has launched a new campaign promoting recruitment and training to match public opinion on construction","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2026-01-14T11:05:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1284,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matt Brundrett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/"},"author":{"name":"Matt Brundrett","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3"},"headline":"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction","datePublished":"2026-01-14T11:05:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/"},"wordCount":468,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Recruitment","Skills Shortage","Training"],"articleSection":["HR &amp; Skills News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/","name":"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-14T11:05:03+00:00","description":"The Department for Educations (DfE) has launched a new campaign promoting recruitment and training to match public opinion on construction","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/London_Department_for_Educations_Teaching_Further_Education_and_Skills-3-scaled.jpg","width":2000,"height":1284,"caption":"Image: \u00a9Matt Alexander\/PA Media Assignments"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/dfe-research-shows-overwhelmingly-positive-public-opinion-on-construction\/158313\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DfE research shows overwhelmingly positive public opinion on construction"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3","name":"Matt Brundrett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matt Brundrett"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/mattbrundrett\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-29 04:52:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158333,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158313\/revisions\/158333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158313"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=158313"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=158313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}