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...CBI boss Tony Danker this week urged ministers to put aside political motives to seek improvements to the UK’s existing trade deal with the EU....
...Danker’s speech will reflect rising unease among British companies about the expected recession this year, and the damage caused by Brexit....
...Danker also pointed to the need to abandon “scepticism on net zero” and tackle planning reform “once and for all”, saying priorities could change quickly....
...Danker said British parents were facing some of the highest childcare costs in the OECD. “We need to see immediate action to urgently solve the labour challenge....
...Danker will use his speech to warn that the UK’s trade as a percentage of gross domestic product was the lowest in the G7....
...Tony Danker, head of the CBI employers’ group, last month said: “Denial of where our economy is right now compared to our international competitors is the surest way to leave the UK’s growth prospects faltering...
...Additional reporting by George Parker, Judith Evans, Michael O’Dwyer, Anna Gross, Josephine Cumbo, Emma Dunkley, Kate Beioley, Daniel Thomas, Laura Onita, Hannah Kuchler, Owen Walker, Peggy Hollinger and...
...Last week Tony Danker, director-general of the CBI, the industry body, said the government was acting “foolishly” in trying to rush through the review which he said would cause “mass confusion and disruption...
...Tony Danker, head of the CBI employers’ group, said he “liked” the changes to the government’s structure. “It’s a clear statement of intent and a couple of big bets for growth,” he said....
...Instead, Danker says he is happy that both candidates appear to grasp the need for a positive business strategy....
...Tony Danker, director-general of the CBI, the UK’s largest business lobby group, on Monday pleaded for a looser immigration regime, but the issue is seen by Starmer and Conservative ministers as toxic, particularly...
...CBI director-general Tony Danker hardly helped things when he told Sky News: “If you ask me for 30 measures that are going to drive up growth, I wouldn’t put it in the top 30.”...
...But a sizeable group remains unpersuaded, the FT’s George Hammond reports....
...Tony Danker, head of the CBI, said it was not good enough. “The economic situation people and businesses are facing requires all hands to the pump this summer,” he added....
...That’s what Tony Danker and the business community wants. They want to grow. Then you can have the redistribution argument....
...Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Chris Giles and special guests Frances O'Grady and Tony Danker. Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Persis Love and Jan Sigsworth....
...“The Treasury must act to stabilise business confidence now,” said Tony Danker, director-general of the CBI. The Treasury declined to comment....
...Further business tax increases must end, Danker said....
...Tony Danker, head of the CBI employers’ federation said the impact was being felt by business....
...Tony Danker, head of the CBI employers federation, said: “Overhauling Solvency II is a prime example of where we can do better.”...
...Tony Danker, head of the CBI employers federation, said: “Ambition on wages without action on investment and productivity is ultimately just a pathway for higher prices....
...We are working closely with industry to allow staff to go about their essential work safely with daily testing,” said George Eustice, the environment secretary....
...“Critical now will be to build both customer and employee confidence in living with the virus,” said Tony Danker, CBI director-general....
...Tony Danker, CBI director-general, said: “This is now a major threat to our recovery, and the government needs to step up its response to a new level of both speed and boldness.”...
...In 2015, the Tory chancellor George Osborne argued that harsh welfare cuts were needed to support the UK’s transition away from “subsidised low pay” and low productivity....
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