More than one in six people working on housebuilding
sites across Britain come from other EU countries, rising to half of site
workers in London, according to a new report. A survey of 37,000 housebuilding
workers across Britain shows 17.7% are from the EU. More than half of those
come from Romania, with 12% from Poland and almost 10% from Ireland.
Nationwide, 15% of bricklayers , 25% of general labourers and almost 18% of
finishing trades, which include plasterers, painters and decorators, come from
the EU. Read more on the HBF website.
