Answer to Dictation 1
A housing crisis in the UK is being exacerbated by a shortage of bricklayers.
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Answer to Dictation 2
Build more homes to enable young people to get on the housing ladder.
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Answer to Dictation 3
Soaring rents and a lack of affordable housing have increased rough sleeping.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Efforts are being hindered by a shortfall of qualified bricklayers.
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Answer to Dictation 5
It needs 3,000 new electricians to meet its pledge to build 1.5 million new homes.
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Answer to Dictation 6
Blamed the deficit in construction worker numbers on years of underinvestment.
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Answer to Dictation 7
Her department was doing its utmost to build 300,000 new homes a year.
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Answer to Dictation 8
We will pull every lever to deliver on our commitment.
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Answer to Dictation 9
He said training sufficient numbers of workers could take a generation.
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Answer to Dictation 10
The current target of adding 5,000 new apprenticeships each year was fanciful.
See the bricklayer shortage lesson for the whole text.
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