Construction Industry problems fuel population crisis

When one of the country's biggest housebuilder's, Persimmon publicly start talking about a slowdown in house building, you can be sure that many local authorities will sit up and take notice of what amounts to them as a loss of council tax revenue.

Reasons given for not being able to meet construction include, a shortage of labour, a shortage of building materials and a slow planning process.

Compounding these reasons are the facts that increased energy costs are affecting everything that needs to be purchased and transported. Add in the rises of labour costs and you have a recipe for an explosion in the cost of housing, both new and old while demand continues to increase.

there have been shortages of building materials since the pandemic mainly because products such as cement, plasterboard, timber and steel ceased production / manufacture for the duration of world wide lockdowns. Once restrictions were lifted, what stock was left was quickly purchased. This left a huge hole in the supply chain that has yet to recover.

The impact of material shortages along with inflationary price rises places further strain on the construction industry with at least two well known firms going into administration back in May, blaming supply chain woes for their demise.

We are now seeing more bankruptcies in construction that are outstripping every other sector in the UK. According to ONS statistics, up until April nearly 400 SME's went broke, representing nearly 50% increase compared to January 2020 before the pandemic broke.

Consequently, the outlook for housing and construction in general is not good. The prospect for house prices if you are looking to buy is not good as predictions are for a heated housing market where rising costs will be passed on to buyers.One sad effect this will also have is on social housing where construction companies will not build the expected number of social housing units. 

the UK is not alone in experiencing such problems as in for instance in the USA and Canada have similar tales to tell. So this is nothing to do with Brexit as remainer would have you think.

This situation is not helped when you have large numbers of uninvited migrants travelling across the English Channel. At the time of writing, more than 10,000 known migrants, enough to fill a town the size of St Ives are being put up at taxpayers expense. More are expected.

The next time a government minister or politician tells you that they are going to build back better, or level up, or build our way out of the current crisis, don't believe it. There is some way to go to get out of this mess with more pain predicted for our economy and citizens to endure. The tragic thing thing is, this could have been avoided or at the very least, the effects mitigated.

Buckle up and tighten your belts. 

Checkout Reform UK's economic plan -  https://www.reformparty.uk/reformisessential

 Welcome back to An English Rebel.

 This blog was first published back in 2011 when life was oh so different. All of the old posts going back to that time have been removed so a fresh start has been made. I ask but one thing. That is if you are going to respond with comments, lets keep it civil and sensible. Foul language will get you barred from this blog.

As the clock continues to tick forward, so the times we live in also change. Adapting to live in those changes is perhaps for many, some of the biggest challenges. One of the biggest challenges for our country is the fact that British politics does not offer a clear choice between the usual suspects that continue to haunt the corridors of Westminister. 

This current Conservative government has presided over what is arguably  a controversial parliament that has seen Labour MP's defect across the floor of the commons to the Tory benches. Over the last weekend, there were reports of  disillusioned Tory MP's ready to defect to the Labour benches.

MP's still take liberties with expenses. MP's have been found caught breaking the law and subsequently caused by elections. One disgraced Labour MP at her trial was found guilty, yet still sits in parliament as an independent. Shouldn't those who break the law be barred from being 'lawmakers'?

The primeminister has also upset both his party and much of the citizenry over 'party gate' and his denials that he had not done anything wrong. Two by election defeats at Wakefield and Honiton are deemed to be judgement over his behaviour.

Labour leader, Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner await the Durham police report on their 'beer gate' antics in a local union office.

Is it any wonder that less than half of the total of the combined electorate of those two constituencies that held by elections,  decided not to turn up at a polling station and cast a vote.

You're probably wondering why it is that I display the logo of the Reform UK Party. Its my belief that this party have the policies that our country needs in these difficult times, which is why I joined them. I am pleased to announce that I am responsible for party organisation here in Hampshire. I am also on the list of approved candidates for coming elections. We have a strong base in Hampshire as in other counties that are keen to help make a difference. How about you? Do you want something different to vote for?

Then go Reform UK Party and help drain the swamp.