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Green skills gap 'could derail net-zero', major UK construction firms tell Government Representatives from more than a dozen major construction organisations have urged the Government to do more to close the existing green skills gap and to improve the skills pipeline, lest it risk missing its 2050 net-zero target. The paper warns that the existing skills gap for the sector could widen rather than close in the near-term future, without targeted policy action The joint call to action has been made by the likes of Morgan Sindall, Mace Group and Tideway, through a new paper published by think-ta...

The industry’s skills shortage means the UK could be unable to achieve a zero-carbon economy by 2050, a group of industry leaders has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank has warned that policies are needed to address the 750,000 construction workers that could retire or be on the verge of retiring over the next 15 years. The letter, signed by industry leaders on the back of IPPR’s research, has called for increased funding and further education along with expanding apprenticeships. The recommendations also ask the government to legislate to improve pay and c...

Any alert observer passing along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Chestnut Avenue in East Austin inevitably notices two revolutionary sites. One is the David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with its dramatically escalating roofline, color-block windows and soaring modernist steeple. The other is the radically geometrical and cantilevered residence located a bit to the east of the landmark church at MLK and Maple Avenue known as the Phillips House. Hidden two lots behind the Phillips House is another multi-level masterpiece, one that for decades was home to the late Irene Thompson, longt...

Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Dozens of people have signed a petition against controversial plans to introduce parking charges at one of Stoke-on-Trent's biggest parks. Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to start charging motorists £1.20 to park for up to three hours at Central Forest Park. The charge then jumps to £6 for up to 24 hours. But 154 people have so far signed an onlin...

January 27 The prosecutor in charge of seven of the eight cases flowing from the partial takedown of the Plaza obelisk on Indigenous Peoples Day wants to make sure everyone is "on the same page." Assistant District Attorney Richard Wilson has called a meeting with the lawyers representing the eight defendants in this "rare" situation. Kitren Fischer, who represents one of the accused, tells SFR she originally suggested the meeting to give everyone access to the same information. There is no set date or time. "Of course, every case is different, but they're almost exactly the same, and s...