UK business secretary Kemi Badenoch turns down CBI invitation

Kemi Badenoch’s team say she is not able to address the CBI conference owing to scheduling clashes leading up to the autumn statement on 22 November. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock

The business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, has reportedly dealt another blow to the scandal-hit Confederation of British Industry (CBI) by turning down an invitation to speak at the lobby group’s annual conference.

Badenoch’s team has told the CBI that she would not be able to address the conference due to scheduling clashes leading up to the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt’s, autumn statement on 22 November, according to Sky News.