Single market exit: UK construction 'could lose 175,000 EU workers'

Key projects could be in jeopardy if Britain does not retain access to European single market after Brexit, surveyors warn

The UK construction industry could lose more than 175,000 EU workers - or 8% of the sector's workforce - if the country does not retain access to the European single market after Brexit, the government has been told.

Such an outcome could put key infrastructure and construction projects at risk at a time when the sector was also facing other pressures, including the tax changes in the recent budget, said the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).