In our second General Election Download webinar, we assessed the new government's key priorities, and showed you the areas we’ll be looking to collaborate and challenge on.
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Our webinar was moderated by Alice Grimes, Head of Public Affairs. She was joined by Jordan Cummins, UK Competitiveness Director; Sean McGuire, Europe & International Director; Naomi Weir, Technology & Innovation Director; Alice Jeffries, Tax Policy Manager; and Laurence Raeburn-Smith, Policy Manager in the Future of Work and Skills team.
Alice Grimes, Head of Public Affairs, began with an overview of CBI engagement with the new government, which started well ahead of polling day. We wrote to Permanent Secretaries with a Programme for Government, illustrating the detail and practical steps required to enact the proposals in our Business Manifesto which will instil business confidence and momentum in the economy. Post-election, our Chief Executive, Rain Newton-Smith, sent this work to the new Prime Minister, Chancellor and Business Secretary, and met with the latter at the B5 as well as the new Net Zero Secr