The industry must work harder to attract young people from diverse backgrounds into architecture and planning, the head of Homes England has said.

Valuing the professions properly and finding ways to inspire young people while they are still at school were two of Stephen Kinsella’s prescriptions for convincing people that the built environment “was a great place to work”.

“We need to value our planners and architects,” said the chief executive of Homes England, adding that being a local authority planner was a “tough job”.

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