{"id":21655,"date":"2015-12-10T09:32:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T09:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=21655"},"modified":"2015-12-10T09:47:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T09:47:30","slug":"million-extra-construction-workers-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/million-extra-construction-workers-needed\/21655\/","title":{"rendered":"A million extra construction workers needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>A million extra workers need to join the house building industry if the country is to build new homes at the necessary rate, according to new analysis from specialist recruiter Randstad CPE&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The construction industry is facing significant demand for new homes to tackle a national housing crisis. However, the number of skilled workers available threatens to put a dampener on progress, as this animated article shows. 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