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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn and Rachael Burford

CBI boss Tony Danker fired amid misconduct claims

Britain’s most powerful business lobby group was on Tuesday facing the biggest crisis in its 58-year history when it was forced to sack its boss over “devastating” workplace misconduct complaints.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents around 190,000 businesses said it has dismissed its director-general Tony Danker with immediate effect after the first phase of an independent investigation into the allegations by law firm Fox Williams.

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