Solving the Construction skills crisis will be a test case for tackling the full spectrum of the UK’s training needs. We need to rebuild a national skills training ecosystem that has been neglected for decades.

We need two separate systems, one to deliver a proper workplace skills strategy and one to raise the quality of our apprenticeships.

We need to reach a point where there is much better access for those from disadvantaged backgrounds to academic and vocational pathways, much better understanding of the merits of each, and where both are recognised as having equal value.