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There is too much talk of all Brexit predictions being wrong. People deserve facts not fiction on Brexit. 👇 #FactCheck
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This is a national emergency, firms of all sizes are telling us they are not ready for a 'No-deal' Brexit, we have got to find a way forward that protects livelihood and jobs of ordinary people.
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The Canada deal was designed for two countries this far apart in terms of trade, to bring them closer together. For two parties already aligned as the UK & EU are, it would be disaster, moving us further apart. 🎥 @cbicarolyn
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With @UKLabour launching their ambitious plan for green growth at their conference in Liverpool, we’re thrilled to announce @Keir_Starmer MP as a keynote speaker at our upcoming annual conference in Birmingham. 🔗Full programme & registration . #CBIAC22
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Labour is in absolute agreement on 3 great challenges within CBI’s Programme for Prosperity - skills, inequality, climate change. @jeremycorbyn agrees that partnership with biz needed on all of them #CBI2019.
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The Brexit deal might not be perfect but respects the result of referendum, it is a compromise but it does 3 key things:.1⃣ It takes no deal off the table.2⃣It opens up a pathway to frictionless trade.3⃣It allows us to get back to the domestic priorities that really matter
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As the UK reaches a pivotal moment in its history, @jeremycorbyn will address #CBI2018 at the UK’s premier business conference again this year. There is still time to be in the audience, sign up to attend here 👉
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Business is a key player in the equalities agenda, which we why we were delighted to join @UKLabour to discuss building equal opportunities in the workplace today. We look forward to our continued work together - to create a stronger, more inclusive workforce for everyone.
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CBI are proud to be partnering with @nytimes for our daily #CBIatCOP26 Voice of Business webinar series . 👇.
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"We are & we always were the party of work. Founded in the workplace we are the party of working people. And that means that @UKLabour is also the party of business.". @Keir_Starmer addresses #CBI21.Watch the full speech 👉Sign up 👉
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Exclusive @joswinson lays out why she is at #CBI2019:. 1⃣ Stop Brexit.2⃣ Preserve freedom of movement.3⃣ Scrap business rates and replace with a land tax
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The government need to change tack. They had hoped to reopen the economy, instead, we're going to end up closing it. Above all, we need to end this idea that double vaccinated people who are testing negative self isolate for 10 days. It makes no sense. @tonydanker on @itvnews
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Immigration is important. It matters to business. It matters to our economy 💷💷. It drives forward our public services👩⚕️👨⚕️ Today's proposals from @ukhomeoffice will not command public confidence or support the economy. Find out more #openandcontrolled
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The EU has 40 trade deals that cover 70 countries - that's around 37% of the 🌍 economy. All of them are better than WTO terms no-deal would force on 🇬🇧. 49 days out from Brexit most have not been replicated by the UK . To protect UK trade we need to avoid no deal at all costs
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The UK productivity gap is now at it's widest in a century. For too many, where you are born determines your health wealth, life expectancy. @tonydanker speaks to #UrbanRevival.
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No deal will damage every region and nation of the 🇬🇧. Find out the impact of no deal in your region or nation on our interactive map -
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Delighted to welcome @arunjaitley to @CBItweets for a great discussion with British business @UKinIndia @ficci_india
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CBI and 70+ trade associations are calling on the UK Government and the EU to cement recent progress into a trade deal. Business needs a deal - with each passing day resilience is being chipped away.
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.@CBItweets & @The_TUC representing millions of workers & over 190,000 businesses have written to @theresa_may demanding urgent change:.1⃣Avoiding no-deal is paramount.2⃣Securing an extension has become essential.3⃣‘the current deal or no deal’ must not be the only choice
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Businesses are deeply concerned that we have moved a few steps closer to no-deal. The UK is not – and cannot be - ready for no deal. While there are ways to temper some of the worst aspects, business is united in saying no deal is unmanageable. 📽️@cbicarolyn @BBCNews
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The Canada deal was designed for two countries this far apart in terms of trade, to bring them closer together. For two parties already aligned as the UK & EU are, it would be disaster, moving us further apart. 🎥 @cbicarolyn
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.@UKLabour's ambitious plans on how green growth & biz rate reforms can transform the economy, is welcomed news. More insight on this at our #Lab22 fringe event tonight🔗 📷@PresidentCBI @brianmcb (right) and Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP (left)
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The immigration system today will leave firms in some sectors left wondering how they will recruit the people needed to run their business. With low unemployment, firms in care, construction, hospitality, food and drink could be most affected. #Immigration @cbicarolyn on @SkyNews
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Our country is facing a national emergency. Decisions of recent days have caused the risk of no deal to soar. Firms and communities across the UK are not ready for this outcome. The shock to our economy would be felt by generations to come.
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We spoke with @AngelaRayner, Deputy Leader of @UKLabour about why people and skills are at the heart of our chances for growth - it was great to hear her echo one of our key #SpringBudget asks. Watch the full clip for more. #FutureOfWork23
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“Work with us to change how the economy works and help build a country where business thrives alongside people and the environment,” says @jeremycorbyn #CBI2019.
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Businesses are deeply concerned that we have moved a few steps closer to no-deal. The UK is not – and cannot be - ready for no deal. While there are ways to temper some of the worst aspects, business is united in saying no deal is unmanageable. 📽️@cbicarolyn @BBCNews
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❌We have seen investment stalling. ❌We have seen Brexit casting a shadow over 🇬🇧 economy. ✅New PM must work with business to get UK back on track 🛤️. Here is how 👉 @cbicarolyn on @SkyNews
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The UK productivity gap is now at it's widest in a century. For too many, where you are born determines your health wealth, life expectancy. @tonydanker speaks to #UrbanRevival.
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CBI and 70+ trade associations are calling on the UK Government and the EU to cement recent progress into a trade deal. Business needs a deal - with each passing day resilience is being chipped away.
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Brexit is like a supertanker fuelled by division and dogma - at the moment it is heading for the rocks. Unless politicians can come together and decide on a direction we will hit them. There is time to find a different course but it's running out. 📽️@josh_hardie @SkyNews
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CBI welcomes the ambition of the #SpendingReview it will boost 🇬🇧. But let’s be clear – in the event of a No Deal, the damage to our economy means this ambition will count for nothing, and the country will be stuck in a swamp of uncertainty. @RainNewtonSmith @CBI_Economics
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“Our green industrial revolution and reducing inequality can go hand in hand,” says @jeremycorbyn, emphasising role of education & training, policy choices and investment #CBI2019.
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You only have to get out and talk to businesses to find out how tough things are. Contracts are being cancelled & investment is being put off. The next PM must show Britain is a great place to do business. Here is how 👉@cbicarolyn on @SkyNews
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The UK currently benefits from extensive trade agreements as an EU member, spanning 70 countries. If the UK leaves with a no-deal, these exports risk having immediate tariffs imposed overnight, potentially costing the East of England economy millions of pounds in lost orders.
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In our vision of where the UK needs to go next in the decade ahead a core pillar will be the global competitiveness of every UK nation and region. Levelling up must mean partnering up. @tonydanker speaks to #UrbanRevival.
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The current approach to self-isolation is closing down the economy rather than opening it up. This is surely the opposite of what the Government intended. 👇@tonydanker #pingdemic
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🎥 @nicolasturgeon @ScotGovFM committing to work with @CBI_Scotland on boosting exports. 150 high growth companies will be supported to export more! Thanks!
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Business understands freedom of movement is ending. We want to build bridges, roads & railways - these workers won't be able to come to the 🇬🇧. Business needs time to adapt & urge Government to think about timing & pace of the new #immigration system. @cbicarolyn on @SkyNews
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The impact of no deal is real. It's happening now. It affects peoples jobs. Businesses are planning to leave. No deal must come off the table. CBI President John Allan on #Peston
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🇬🇧@RishiSunak has taken bold steps to save hundreds of thousands of viable jobs this winter. Wage support, tax deferrals and help for the self-employed will prevent unnecessary job losses as the UK tackles the virus.
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Time is running out, by March next year our country will be out of the EU. We need to find a new spirit of urgency. #CBIBrexit
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This isn't about dogma. The business voice is clear 📣No deal would be bad for the UK, it would be bad for the EU, It needs to be off the table. Want to know why? Find out here 👉
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Freedom of movement is ending and firms understand that. But the Prime Minister’s proposals for a new system have taken a wrong turn. Find out why 👇#CPC18 #immigration #openandcontrolled
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Business supports employees having more of a stake in their companies. @uklabour's plan isn't the the right way to do this:. ❌£100s billions taken from investment capital.❌Investors put off from 🇬🇧.❌Most of the money goes to the Treasury ⁉️ not workers.@cbicarolyn on @SkyNews
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Get started on #ESG. It's not as difficult as #SMEs fear, @kpmguk shares 5 top tips so your business can navigate ESG with ease. 👇. #Sustainablebusiness #CBIatCOP26 @CBI_CC .
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£100s of millions are being spent on no deal. It is happening now. That is money that could be spent on jobs, on pay rises & growing the UK economy.
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"I've never been anything other than business' number one fan" says Prime Minister @BorisJohnson #CBI21 #CBIAnnualConference21.
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Read the business proposals for UK staying in the single market & a customs union until a final EU deal is in force:
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Brexit is consuming government – every politician, every civil servant. And it is also consuming British business. Our firms are spending £100s of millions preparing for the worst case – and not one penny of it will create new jobs or new products @cbicarolyn speaks at #CBI2018
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£94 is not enough for the self employed to live on. I know that the government with business and @fsb_policy are working to find a solution. @cbicarolyn on @SkyNews @SophyRidgeSky @RidgeOnSunday #Ridge
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.@Jacob_Rees_Mogg - as part of a competitive tender, the EC uses some of our economic data. And that's it - representing 0.6% of our income. We speak on behalf of 190k firms, vast majority of which are small or medium. We represent the full diversity of UK biz @daily_politics.
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Yet again @RishiSunak @hmtreasury has been prepared to act and take bold action to support the economy through some tough times ahead he’s listened to the us, and @The_TUC and created a successor which will support jobs with a future.
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Business frustration in #Brexit is at peak level. They need more certainty. We are not hearing anything from #LabConf19 that is helping to deliver a deal. That's what businesses want to hear most of all. @cbicarolyn on @SkyNews @IanKingSky
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A ‘no deal’ will have a disastrous economic impact on the Northern Ireland economy, it currently exports over a billion each year, overnight frictionless trade will seize, supply chains will be disrupted, and millions of tariffs will be applied.
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We have only just recovered from the financial crisis that damaged many in society. No deal would recreate some of those conditions - we would be choosing to do that again. That would be gross negligence. @cbicarolyn @SophyRidgeSky #Ridge
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Today’s announcement makes the implementation of our long-term net zero target less credible and its achievement more expensive in the long run.
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We’ve joined forces with the @The_TUC to make it clear that a new Brexit approach is needed – one that protects workers and the economy, read our full letter here,.
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Finding agreement on international tax at the G7 is no mean feat and will light the touchpaper for the wider multilateral process. Businesses will continue to work hard with the OECD to move the process forward and achieve a global tax system fit for the 21st century.
🚨 At the @G7 in London today, my finance counterparts and I have come to a historic agreement on global tax reform requiring the largest multinational tech giants to pay their fair share of tax in the UK. 👇The thread below explains exactly what this means. #G7UK
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The consequences of dropping out of EU free trade deals in a no-deal are real. It's 13% of UK trade. That means tariffs. 20% on whisky to South Korea. We sell £71 million worth every year. But it's services too. Current protections would fall away. @NicoleSykes_ on @BBCNews
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The impact of no deal is real. It's happening now. It affects peoples jobs. Businesses are planning to leave. No deal must come off the table. CBI President John Allan on #Peston
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📰@josh_hardie: These no deal’ Brexit Technical Notices show that those who claim crashing out of the EU on World Trade Organisation rules is acceptable live in a world of fantasy, where facts are not allowed to challenge ideology. #NoDealBrexit
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"Black people have been in Britain for 1,800 years. And people are still saying 'aren't we moving a bit fast on the race agenda'? We are whole human beings. We - they - deserve better leadership.". @JohnAmaechi at #CBI2020.
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Businesses are deeply concerned that we have moved a few steps closer to no-deal. The UK is not – and cannot be - ready for no deal. While there are ways to temper some of the worst aspects, business is united in saying no deal is unmanageable. 📽️@cbicarolyn @BBCNews
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Here are 5 reasons why staying in a customs union is best for business. Read the factsheet on our website #CustomsUnion #Brexit
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Read @cbicarolyn's reaction to @jeremycorbyn's speech on why a comprehensive customs union with the EU is best for jobs and living standards
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Businesses are running out of patience. Investment deals are being put on hold & cancelled. Real money is being spent on contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit. It is happening now. Politicians need to compromise make progress & find a way forward. @NicoleSykes_ @BBCNews
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Get started on #ESG. It's not as difficult as #SMEs fear, @kpmguk shares 5 top tips so your business can navigate ESG with ease. 👇. #Sustainablebusiness #CBIatCOP26 @CBI_CC .
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We should be proud of our business community, from pioneering innovations to its tough resilience during difficult times. #CBI2019 @joswinson
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📢 Congratulations to @Lord_Bilimoria who has been elected as CBI President at today's AGM - and to outgoing President John Allan who becomes our new Vice President.
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Being in a customs union is not a dogmatic view but the pragmatic one. Technology solutions may be ready one day and trade deals around the world may compensate for lost EU trade. But that day is not yet here. - @CBIcarolyn at our @CBI_NI Dinner #CBIBrexit
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'Businesses are resilient but let’s be clear there is no such thing as managing No Deal Brexit, 85%. of smaller companies don’t have the money or time to put contingency plans in place.'. @cbicarolyn on @BBCBreakfast 📺
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Congratulations to @CBICarolyn for your wonderful honour from all of us at CBI. 🍾🎉 Your honour shows the vital voice that business has in solving the big challenges that face our society.
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The facts are clear: if the 🇬🇧 leaves the 🇪🇺 in a disorderly fashion it would result in disruption for businesses and families across Europe. Read our report 📰on the impact of no deal on Europe 👉
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"Think of all the students that we affectively abandon at the age of 18." "A lot of these students can really flourish if they received a high quality technical training". @Keir_Starmer addresses #CBI2021 .Sign up 👉Full speech 👉
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Today we mourn the loss of a remarkable monarch. We are deeply saddened by the news of Her Majesty The Queen's passing and offer our deepest condolences to the Royal Family during this difficult time.
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'If this is the ERG's road to #Brexit, then the final destination is disastrous for jobs and prosperity'
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We really are in the emergency zone of Brexit now. This week we had a new chapter - the trade deals we currently enjoy through EU will not be ready to carry over in time for leaving. @cbicarolyn @SophyRidgeSky #Ridge
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"Have you dropped the plan to nationalise BT?" - FT's @DanielThomasLDN asks Labour leader Keir Starmer at #CBI2020. Keir: "A Labour government led by me will be pro-business".
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80% of CBI Members have pulled back on investment because of Brexit. Ending that uncertainty is vital. 📽️📽️ @NicoleSykes_ @BBCNews @BBCBusiness 👇
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New era at CBI from November when @tonydanker will become new Director General and take the reins from @CBICarolyn after 5 great years. Welcome to the team, Tony
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East Mids exports goods from Turkey to Canada each year, with the machinery and transport sector among most exposed if the UK leaves with no deal. These exports could be hit with tariffs overnight, it’s time to take no deal of the table and reach a deal that protects East Mids.
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This is the latest signal to businesses that no deal is hurtling closer. It must be averted. Every day without a deal means less investment & fewer jobs. That’s the cost of running down the clock, & it’s irresponsible to treat that as a price worth paying
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UK needs a Budget that enables the country to grow its way out of austerity. Here are 5 business priorities
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Today’s immigration white paper doesn't meet the the country's needs. Govt cannot claim to listen to business evidence about no deal planning, but deliberately ignore the impact of immigration. We will work with @ukhomeoffice to fix it.
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The EU has 40 trade deals that cover 70 countries - that's around 37% of the 🌍 economy. All of them are better than WTO terms no-deal would force on 🇬🇧. 51 days out from Brexit most have not been replicated by the UK . To protect UK trade we need to avoid no deal at all costs
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£100s of millions are being spent on no deal. It is happening now. That is money that could be spent on jobs, on pay rises & growing the UK economy.
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🇬🇧 does need an economic vision for the long-term at such a pivotal moment in our history. It will require national unity and consensus – politicians of all stripes, business and unions working together to make it a reality. #UKEconomicVision.
Now, is the time to be bold, innovative and build on the spirit of solidarity we’ve seen in the last year. We can build a more sustainable, secure economy.
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We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the UK’s economy. On 24 May @tonydanker will do much more than publish a report. We will set out how, with your help, we can turn this vision into an economic reality. ‼️ Don't miss it ‼️ Sign up👇.
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