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Scrap food price cap and focus instead on reducing costs in supply chain – CBI

The Scottish Government launched a consultation on its plan to cap the price of some household staples during the summer recess.

Evening Standard · Sep 9

Make AI adoption Britain’s national economic priority, says CBI

The Confederation of British Industry has called on the Government to make the next 10 years Britain’s ‘adoption decade’.

Evening Standard · Aug 17

Burnham must avoid ‘summer of speculation’ on tax, warns CBI chief

Rain Newton-Smith calls for a new generation of public-private partnerships to fund major projects

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16

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Major business group accuses Labour of sending firms to ‘tipping point’ after taking billions extra in tax

An extra £27bn was raised in taxes by Labour, the CBI will say

The Independent UK · Jun 4

Britain ‘must not cut ourselves off’ from China trade opportunities despite security risks, CBI chief warns

Rain Newton-Smith highlighted that British businesses see increased trade with Chinese firms as an opportunity to drive growth

The Independent UK · Apr 21

UK ‘mustn’t cut ourselves off’ from China over risks, says CBI boss

Rain Newton-Smith highlighted that British firms see increased trade with Chinese firms as an opportunity to drive growth.

Evening Standard · Apr 21

Kyle seeks to reassure business over workers’ rights concerns

Business Secretary Peter Kyle promised a series of consultations would listen to firms’ concerns on how the Employment Rights Bill is implemented.

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2025

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Chancellor urged to take ‘hard choices’ rather than hit businesses with more tax

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith called for Rachel Reeves to stand up to opposition to welfare cuts.

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2025

Reeves to hit 100,000 high-value properties with mansion tax in Budget

The tax will reportedly apply to homes worth more than £2m and could raise up to £450m for the Treasury

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025

Reeves given stark Budget warning from business to avoid ‘death by a thousand taxes’

CBI director general Rain Newton-Smith will tell the chancellor that if her priority is growth, she needs to prove it or the country faces ‘Groundhog Day’

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025

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

Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are worried the UK could ‘risk getting locked in a stop-start economy’.

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025

Unions urge Reeves to prioritise living standards as CBI presses for shift on employment rights

TUC calls on chancellor to focus on child poverty and upping minimum wage

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2025

Unions urge Rachel Reeves to deliver ‘living standards budget’

TUC calls on chancellor to focus on child poverty and upping minimum wage

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2025

Rachel Reeves warned not to rely on business taxes to fill Budget black hole

The Confederation of British Industry said the Government ‘cannot pull the business tax lever once again to balance the books’.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

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The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Reeves must slash tax again before next election if she breaks manifesto pledge, Tony Blair think tank warns

Labour chancellor told any tax hikes must be temporary in a bid to break Britain’s ‘tax-and-spend doom loop’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025

Rachel Reeves gets a warm reception but business chiefs are wary of another tax raid

Questions grow over how chancellor will raise cash in the autumn budget to meet her fiscal rules

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025

CBI boss calls on Chancellor to break Labour’s manifesto tax promise

Rain Newton-Smith warned Rachel Reeves against ‘slavish adherence’ to tax pledges made in the run-up to last year’s general election.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025

CBI boss calls for Reeves to tear up Labour’s pledge not to raise tax

Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people

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The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

UK must tackle energy bills as firms face £24bn in extra costs – CBI

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith is calling on the Government to draw up a ‘serious plan’ to cut power bills and invest in energy security.

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Not realistic or right for UK to distance from China, says CBI boss

Rain Newton-Smith will say in a speech that the UK must not listen to the ‘siren call of protectionism’ in its trade policy.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025

Reeves back from China with one eye on bonds and the other on economic data

The chancellor will be monitoring the price of gilts after last week’s selloff and data to come on inflation and growth

Fortune · Nov 26, 2024

British firms are being forced into ‘damage control’ mode as tax hikes leave CEOs questioning whether to invest in U.K., industry chief warns

”Too many businesses are having to compromise on their plans for growth,” CBI chief Rain Newton-Smith said.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

Rachel Reeves tells angry business leaders there was 'no alternative' to Budget tax rises

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘not immune’ to the difficulties facing businesses but there was no alternative to her Budget tax raid.

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2024

Judge me on growth, says Reeves as she faces Budget backlash from business

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘not immune’ to the difficulties facing businesses but there was no alternative to her Budget tax raid.

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2024

What do businesses say the Budget means for the jobs market?

ANALYSIS: CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith said Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget has hit businesses, forcing them to consider expenditure on staff. Howard Mustoe explains what that means for the jobs market

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