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Brexit is 'bad news for building'

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has warned that Brexit would be catastrophic to the UK’s housing market and construction industry.

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 April 2016

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has warned that Brexit would be catastrophic to the UK's housing market and construction industry.

Speaking to The MJ at the Mipim conference, Mr Lewis said that the UK needed foreign labour because of the shortage of skills in the construction industry.

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