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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington and Anna Isaac

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Business leaders raise concerns over flagship labour investment summit - Caught on Camera

Keir Starmer (left), Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds against background of union jack
Keir Starmer (left), Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds at the Labour conference in Liverpool. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Business leaders have warned that the government’s plans for a major global investment summit are in danger of falling flat, amid growing frustrations over high costs of involvement and its timing two weeks before the budget.

As a central plank in Labour’s proposals to drive up investment in Britain, the party pledged in the general election campaign to host the summit within the first 100 days of winning power to show that the UK would be “open for business” under a new government.

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