Housebuilders issue Brexit plea as poll shows UK reliance on EU workers

Home Builders Federation says one in six builders are from EU and calls for permit system for skilled workers to build more homes and ease housing crisisMore than one in six people working on housebuilding sites across Britain come from other EU countries, rising to half of site workers in London, according to a new report.A survey of 37,000 housebuilding workers across Britain shows 17.7% are from the EU. More than half of those come from Romania, with 12% from Poland and almost 10% from Irelan