UK construction ‘starting to crack’, says CPA

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

13 November 2025

A new report by Oxford Economics for the UK’s Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) warns that Britain’s £530 billion construction and infrastructure pipeline is “starting to crack”, with skills shortages, falling investment and delivery delays threatening to derail government growth plans.

The report said Britain’s construction industry is stalling because…

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