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A wilting relationship
Published 28th January 2008
John Willman, Business Editor of the Financial Times approached me for comment on the relationship between British business and Gordon Brown's Labour government.
Last week, the outcry from business forced the government to announce an "entrepreneurs' relief" that keeps capital gains tax unchanged for the first £1m ($2m, €1.3m) of lifetime gains. But the inept way in which the original proposal was announced and the delay in offering a concession still seen by most as inadequate has undermined Mr Brown's claim to be pro-enterprise.
John Willman, Business Editor of the Financial Times contacted me for my views on this quickly deteriorating relationship. You can read them here.
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