‘Our CEO has chancellors on speed-dial’: Martha Lane Fox, British Chambers of Commerce president

Martha Lane Fox: ‘We have to ensure there is not an absence of good business policy right now.’ Photograph: Matt Crossick/Alamy

Martha Lane Fox, Baroness of Soho, is wrangling with a very determined cat while she discusses the relative attractions of the Conservative and Labour parties.

“She’s such a media tart,” Lane Fox says of the tabby. “You should see her when there’s a TV crew or [the] radio come: she’s right there.”