Leader

摘要

The election might already feel like it's been dominating the news agenda for weeks, but it is really only now - with all manifestos in the public domain - that the battle for votes is under way in earnest. And so for construction, it is heartening to see that key issues affecting the industry - housing, energy efficiency and supply, and skills - are taking much more space on the centre stage in this final run into the ballot than they were this time in 2010. Building's Agenda 15 manifesto, published at the start of the year, picked out the measures that, according to our year-long consultation with industry, would best enable construction to help the UK economy, by promoting an efficient, sustainable sector which is able to plan for future delivery of key assets - whether that be housing, schools or transport links.