In 2023, the CBI helped to deliver permanent full expensing, a globally competitive R&D tax credit scheme, grid connectivity, childcare funding, and more.
This year, the CBI continued to represent UK business on the issues that matter most to our members. We listened to you, and took your asks to government, providing detailed, costed proposals where appropriate and suggesting practical alternatives and solutions to the challenges that affect UK business.
The Spring Budget saw delivery against one ask to help tackle the problem of productivity by removing blockers to parents re-entering the workforce. The CBI made childcare reform – and reducing the spiralling costs – the number one priority for the Spring Budget, and in March, the government confirmed that it would increase funding for existing childcare provision and announced that working parents in England would be able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week.
Likewise, in November’s Autumn Statement the government met one of our core asks on behalf of our members when it made the temporary measure, full expensin
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