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Construction workers to be allowed to work until 9pm to stagger shifts

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Construction sites are now allowed to stay open until 9pm in residential areas, housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced.

The cabinet minister said the move, applying on weekdays and Saturdays, will allow workers to stagger shifts. Earlier this week official figures showed construction workers are among the occupations with the highest number of deaths since the start of the outbreak.

The Office for National Statistics found there were 25.9 deaths per 100,000 - making it one of the worst-hit professions in the crisis so far.

Mr Jenrick said the housing and construction industries must get up and running again after weeks of lockdown. He said anyone in England can now move house after being left "in limbo" because of strict measures to

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