Brexit could lead to shortage of professional labour force in UK

The UK government called meetings in recent weeks as Brexit jeopardises the already depleted number of workers needed to dig up roads and overhaul the country's out-of-date broadband network

Britain’s departure from the European Union might throw up job opportunities for an unlikely group of people: ex convicts.
 
As employers agonise over how Brexit will hit the labour market, discussions are taking place over the possibility of training offenders to join the workforce on release from prison, according to two people familiar with the talks. Another pool of potential talent is people leaving the military, they said, declining to be named because the talks are private.
 
The UK government called meetings in recent weeks as Brexit jeopardises the already depleted number of workers needed to dig up