Construction union UCATT are again calling for the Government to change course on its economic policy as the latest figures show a further devastating drop in construction output.

The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that construction output fell by 7.9% in January compared to the same month in the previous year. In further grim news the industry's output from November 2012 – January 2013 fell by 10.2% compared to the figures for the previous year.

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The biggest falls in the November to January period were in new public sector work which fell by 23.5% and new public housing work which fell by 20.4%.

Steve Murphy, General Secretary of UCATT, said: "These figures are devastating, the industry is being bled dry by a lack of Government investment. Unless the Conservative-led Government changes course the industry will continue to haemorrhage jobs and we will be dragged further into recession."

(CD)