The three main national party leaders gave their General Election pitches to business leaders at the CBI’s Annual Conference.
This year’s Annual Conference was the first to be held during a General Election period – and Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson all took to the stage to position themselves as the allies of business.
They all set out their party’s solutions to the ongoing Brexit uncertainty which was damaging levels of investment and holding back UK economic potential – whether that was “getting it done”, “sorting it within a matter of months” or “stopping it on day one”.
But they also answered the CBI’s call for the next government to work with business on some of the biggest issues of the day.
The Conservatives
Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked about “uniting and levelling up the country”.
“I absolutely, passionately believe that around this amazing country talent, genius, flair, are evenly distributed, but opportunity is unevenly distributed. And yet the answers are within our grasp. Our ambition is to unlock the whole nation's potential through thr
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