‘Tipping point’: CBI boss slams £345bn business tax burden amid ‘cost of doing business’ crisis

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The boss of the UK’s most influential business group will use a landmark speech to warn that the heavy business tax burden is nudging British firms towards a “tipping point”, directly linking the Labour government’s troubles to cost pressures on firms.

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