Matt Breakwell, said:
“Additional capital investment and maintenance pledges for the NHS and schools is clearly welcome and seems to indicate that the government recognises the importance of safeguarding the future of properties in these vital sectors.
“We were also pleased to read further commitments to decarbonisation and achieving net zero targets, with support from the new National Wealth Fund. For the Liverpool City Region, this promises to create thousands of jobs in engineering and other supply chain roles through the implementation of carbon capture and green technologies.
“The next important step for the government must be around training and significantly ramping up the skills pipeline to meet this new demand. Every type of engineer is currently listed as a shortage occupation and this existing undercapacity will only become intensified. Nobody is getting to net zero without the engineers needed to deliver it.”