Prime Minister Urged to Give North East 'Not Just Another Slogan'

Julian Harris: Starmer Faces Business Chiefs as Tax Rise Bites

The British Chambers of Commerce told us a few weeks ago that a “senior cabinet minister” would be addressing its annual conference, leading me to assume this was code for Rachel Reeves.

Prime Minister urged to give North East 'not just another slogan'

Sir Keir Starmer was questioned by North East business leader John McCabe at a conference in London

'Trust me, I'm fighting for you' - Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells top business chiefs

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference in London.

Is the US president’s rhetoric rubbing off on the PM?

You know the speaker at a conference is going to be high profile when you go to take a seat at your reserved table and there’s a note saying: ‘Reserved for No.10’! Of course, I duly moved and the seat was soon occupied by a security guard with customary earpiece. It turned out the unspecified ‘Senior Cabinet Minister’ on the agenda at the British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) Global Annual Conference was none other than Prime Minister Sir Keir St…

Starmer thanks business for shouldering tax burden

Keir Starmer has thanked the British business community for bearing the brunt of his government’s tax raid in last year’s Budget, acknowledging he had asked a lot of UK plc since entering office. Addressing the British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) annual conference, the Prime Minister said the £23bn hike to employer national insurance contributions (NICS) had helped fund the hospitals, skills and infrastructure. “I fully acknowledge that this ye…