Roofers least trustworthy traders as housebuilding costs up by a fifth – report - The average cost of a building job is now ...

This increase is attributed to rising labour and material costs, according to Checkatrade's UK Home Improvement Index.

The Home Office said employers should invest in UK workers. Mr Harpin, whose company also operates Checkatrade, told BBC Radio Four's Today programme he believed shortages were being caused by ...

The financial scale of the problem is immense too. UK consumers lose around £1.4 billion each year to rogue tradespeople, with Checkatrade research revealing Londoners are most at risk.

The UK faces a critical shortage of skilled tradespeople that threatens to undermine ambitions on housing and net zero, a new ...