Giving a voice to British business from a pro-Brexit, pro-trade position. Chair - @john4IBN
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There can be no return to the European Union. Labour promised not to u-turn and we will hold them to account for that.
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@LiamHalligan has warned that Britain is facing an economic crisis.
Government borrowing costs are rising, inflation could shoot sky high, and the the Prime Minister continues to make spending commitments pushing up taxes.
It's back to the 1970s.
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Our Advisory Board Member @julianHjessop has warned that "This is really not the environment to be launching a big, you know, spending and borrowing programme."
It is likely that taxes will rise due to government spending plans.
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There is no mandate to reverse Brexit. There is no mandate to rejoin the EU.
The government must honour the decision of the British people and keep us outside the EU.
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No reversal of Brexit.
We vote to leave and our politicians must not seek to reverse that.
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Our Vice-Chairman @LanceForman remarks on the British economy and the impact of policies likely to be followed by the incoming Prime Minister.
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We must not hinder economic growth by embarking on an expensive reset with the EU.
The people voted for Brexit. The consensus is the UK should remain outside the EU.
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We voted for Brexit ten years ago.
The decision of the British people must be respected and upheld.
For rejoiners...that made is simple, please see below.
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🚨Pressure is intensifying on the Government as the severe impact of the Employment Rights Act becomes clear:
“The Government has materially damaged the business case for taking on staff,” @AlexHallChen, Principal Policy Advisor for Employment at the (@The_IoD), has warned 🧵
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🗣️Labour MP Ben Goldsborough has admitted something many UK small businesses have been saying for months: the Employment Rights Act is not a vote winner🧵
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Our Chair @john4brexit says it is madness to take the UK back into a debate on EU membership.
Only 8% of UK businesses export to the EU, only 2% export goods. Trade with the rest of the world is growing.
It would be mad to throw this away.
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🗣️Read our response to this week’s intervention from business groups on Labour’s Employment Rights Act.
👉 the-ibn.com/blog/government-…
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🚨Seven major business groups have written to Employment Rights Minister, @Kate_Dearden warning that Labour’s Employment Rights Act risks “significant disruption” to businesses 🧵
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🚨 Scrapping independent scrutiny of economic policy is not deregulation — it’s a risk to the economy 🧵
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Great piece from our advisory board member, @jackmrankin MP
📊 Of 1,612 respondents to the government consultation on trade union workplace access:
95.3% opposed weekly union access
88.4% opposed the 25-day CAC referral limit
Yet ministers pressed on regardless 🧵
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🚨£600 million a year. That’s the price of Labour siding with unions over small businesses.
That’s the warning from @jamespriceglos in his latest op-ed, after the Government confirmed it will press ahead with mandatory union access for firms with just 21 employees🧵
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🚨The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has warned that the Government’s response to the Make Work Pay consultation on trade union access “fails to consider the time and pressure that businesses are facing” 🧵
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🚨The UK’s leading business groups are today expressing major concern over Labour’s decision to press ahead with weekly union access for firms with just 21 employees following the Make Work Pay consultation 🧵
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🚨 Labour’s Employment Rights Act could impose up to £680 million in additional costs on SMEs.
It would allow union access to businesses with as few as 21 employees, while delivering a projected growth impact of just 0.04%🧵
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🚨 The Government has responded to its “Make Work Pay” consultation on trade union access — and IGNORED small businesses.
They’re sticking with union access for firms with just 21 employees 🧵
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🚨Rayner’s workers’ rights police - the Fair Work Agency - will have the power to force their way into businesses and search and “arrest persons suspected of labour market offences”
A simple admin error could see overworked, small business owners descended upon and detained🧵
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🚨A new enforcement body launches today — with the power to take employers to tribunal on behalf of workers.
The Fair Work Agency significantly raises the stakes for businesses across the UK🧵
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🚨A return to 1970s-style union power — just as Britain faces another inflation shock.
That’s the warning as Labour’s Employment Rights Act rolls out alongside rising global instability and cost pressures.
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🚨Business groups have delivered a stark warning to Chancellor Rachel Reeves an the Labour Government as sweeping new employment legislation takes effect today 🧵
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🚨Labour’s Employment Rights Act could impose up to £680 million in additional costs on SMEs.
It would allow union access to businesses with as few as 21 employees, while delivering a projected growth impact of just 0.04% 🧵
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🚨Just 7% of SME workers say union membership matters for career progression.
Yet Labour’s Employment Rights Act prioritises union access over skills, training and growth.
📢IBN is clear: exempt SMEs (<250 employees) from these burdens.
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🚨Just 7% of SME workers say union membership matters for career progression.
Our latest polling exposes a clear disconnect between Labour’s Employment Rights Act and what workers actually want🧵
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🚨Retailers are now sounding the alarm: Labour’s workers’ rights reforms risk destroying entry-level jobs.
A new article highlights warnings from Richer Sounds and Currys after youth unemployment hit 14.5% — an 11-year high 🧵
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👏Great article by the ASI’s @marchong_joanna in @TheCriticMag
🚨Government policy is increasingly being shaped by union pressure — not economic reality 🧵
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🚨Labour is seeking to weaken oversight of its paymasters - trade unions — while increasing their power over businesses🧵
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🚨Labour’s Employment Rights Act is crippling UK PLC, even before it's fully implemented.
SMEs are under threat, while uncertainty undermines business confidence as it goes through the implementation process.
🧵A thread on the top 5 threats in the ERA's draft code of conduct...
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🚨Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Act is already causing political turmoil — before it has even fully taken effect 🧵
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🚨The British Retail Consortium (@the_brc) says Workers Rights Act could worsen youth unemployment crisis🧵
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🚨Young people are increasingly missing out on their first job — because businesses simply can’t afford to hire them.
Business groups have told MPs that rising employment costs are forcing companies to avoid “taking the risk” of hiring less-experienced workers 🧵
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🚨Hiring a young person could soon cost employers almost £7,000 more under Labour’s plans to scrap the youth rate of the minimum wage 🧵
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🚨Small businesses could soon be forced to host weekly union sessions — including Net Zero campaigning — inside their workplaces 🧵
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🚨Britain could soon have “worse labour laws than France” — according to senior City executives reacting to Labour’s latest employment reforms 🧵
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🚨Even Tony Blair now recognises how fragile the UK economy has become under this Labour government
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🗣️“It’s important the government acts to try and mitigate these potential negative consequences, including through meaningful consultation and, where necessary, compromise on key measures still to be decided.”
@Ben_Willmott, head of public policy at @CIPD
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👏@JakeBerry is absolutely right - with over 400,000 additional people unemployed since this government came to power, British business cannot withstand more red tape.
#PoliticsLive #EmploymentRightsBill
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🚨Labour’s plan to give trade unions weekly statutory access to workplaces could cost SMEs over £680 million, according to new analysis.
Growth doesn’t come from piling regulation onto Britain’s job creators.
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🗣️"By auto-enrolling union members into political funding, it takes money from working people without proper consent and turns it into a taxpayer-subsidised Socialist war chest. It's a stitch-up that undermines already fragile businesses..." @MPIainDS
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📢 @griffitha was absolutely right last week. Small businesses are struggling and hiring is down.
A threshold for union access of 250 workers is the only way to ensure small family-run enterprise aren't hindered further.
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🚨The implementation of the Employment Rights Bill is too important to rush.
Govt must listen to the concerns of small businesses in manufacturing and the consultation on the threshold for the new unions’ right to roam. It mustn’t be lower than 250 employees.
Today is the final chance to make a difference!
the-ibn.com/e-r-b
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🚨There’s just two days left. Government must hear from British businesses.
UK businesses could face massive fines, up to £150,000, because of the new union access rights.
Go here, the-ibn.com/e-r-b, to stop this happening.
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🚨Your voice is needed!
There’s just three days to go on the consultation on the Employment Rights Bill.
New union access rights could cripple small British businesses.
Help them out by clicking the link in the thread.
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