Leader

摘要

Has Westminster finally woken up to the idea that it is in its interests urgently to take a lead in helping address construction's skills shortfall? The confirmation this week that housing minister Brandon Lewis and skills minister Nick Boles have commissioned a review of the industry's skills problems might be dismissed by cynics as simply the launch of another academic exercise; a paper that, however well-argued its conclusions, will struggle to make an impact beyond Whitehall briefing notes and the industry's chattering classes. The less cynical, however, might note two intriguing - and encouraging -points about the brief that government has (via the Construction Leadership Council) given to consultant Mark Farmer.