NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

MINISTERS have called for a sweeping overhaul of the CITB to make it fit for purpose.

Housing minister Alok Sharma, skills minister Anne Milton and business minister Lord Prior warned the building industry faces ‘a stark challenge to up its game on skills’.

The comments came as the Government published a report that recommended ‘the CITB should be comprehensively reviewed and a reform programme instituted’.

CITB boss Sarah Beale said: ‘We will work ever closer with our industry partners to ensure a reformed CITB gives it the support it needs. But the government is also right to raise questions about our scope.’