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Keep up to dateBy Tom Lowe2021-02-04T09:44:00
This week’s letter from the CLC to Rishi Sunak is a plea to recognise the industry’s potential to drive economic recovery
The construction industry has set out its case for a wide range of measures to boost companies facing “extremely challenging times” and help drive the economy ahead of the chancellor’s Budget in four weeks’ time.
In an open letter to Rishi Sunak this week, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) argued for more state intervention and funding to help deliver government priorities, including achieving net zero targets, building safety remediation works, its ‘levelling up’ agenda, stimulating economic activity and protecting jobs.
The letter acknowledged government guidance had enabled construction sites to remain open during much of the pandemic, and that it had provided “ongoing assistance to our businesses and workers”.
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