Jude's Story

In this episode of Blocked Britain, we meet Jude, a 31-year-old from Hastings and Rye in the South East, whose path into construction has been blocked by central government choices. Despite training providers having unfilled places and urgent local housing needs, HM Treasury's approach to infrastructure spending has left willing workers unable to access the training that exists. Jude's story reveals how Westminster treats construction investment as a deficit risk rather than recognizing it as the mechanism that puts skilled tradespeople to work building homes that already have planning permission. The workers are ready, the capacity exists, but political will remains absent. Blocked Britain is produced independently and receives no government funding. Views expressed are those of contributors and do not represent any political party.