Government must make ‘hard choices and change course’, CBI boss to say

Rain Newton-Smith, chief executive of the Confederation of British Industry, has criticised the Government (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government must “change course” and avoid inflicting more cost pressure on UK firms at Wednesday’s Budget, the boss of the UK’s largest business group will warn.

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are concerned the UK could “risk getting locked in a stop-start economy”.