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In pictures | New campaign highlights impact of suicide in construction

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Cristina Lago Deputy Editor
Two construction signs outside the UK Parliament that say 'beware, suicide crisis in progress' and '7,000 suicides. Work starts here NEVER. Delays inevitable'.
The Lost City campaign was launched in 10 cities across the UK on 14 November. The display (above) outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London (image: The Lost City)

A new campaign across UK cities is raising awareness about the suicide crisis in the construction industry.

Project 7,000 - The Lost City highlights the 7,000 construction workers who have died by suicide in the UK over the last decade - the number of labourers it would take to build a city the size of Cardiff.

A visualisation on the campaign's website shows what those workers could have built if they were alive today, including 150,000 affordable homes, 78 new schools and one hospital.

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