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Time to wrap up….
Business secretary Kemi Badenoch has told UK business leaders they should not risk handing the economy to Labour.
Her opposite number, Jonathan Reynolds, has argued that businesses can’t risk another five years of a chaotic and unstable Conservative government.
Reynolds and Badenoch also clashed over the UK’s net zero plans, plans for apprenticeships, and were also quizzed about their leadership ambitions.
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The Bloomberg debate wrapped up with quick statements from the two protagonists.
Jonathan Reynolds goes first, saying businesses are facing too many serious challenges to risk another five years of a chaotic and unstable government.
“It’s time to return to a government that solves problems, rather than causing then”, he says, pledging to keep working with businesses after the election.
Kemi Badenoch says the difference between the two parties is that Labour want to bring in new laws that make it harder to hire staff, and to micro manage businesses.
Conservatives believe in capitalism, she pledges, the power of business to do good.
“We don’t think profit is a dirty word, and we are optimistic about our future,” Badenoch concludes.
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