Economics

U.K. Builders See Brexit Crisis When Foreign Labor Disappears

  • Industry to lose access to lifeblood of its workforce
  • Sector needs to recruit 32,000 workers every year until 2022
Construction workers on a residential site in London, July 29.Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Monika Slowikowska is incredulous when people tell her foreigners will still want to come to the U.K. after the country leaves the European Union.