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  The CBI and KPMG are once again asking business leaders for their assessment of the state of the UK’s infrastructure

• Tax

  Tax: Forget moral case -just fix the rules

    

  Sir Roger Carr:

  'Tax avoidance cannot be about morality – there are no absolutes,' says CBI president

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  CBI says:

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