Talk of “deadlock” following last week’s Brexit talks will have given many pause for thought over the weekend. While the EU negotiation is the most complex undertaking of the post-war period, we can’t afford to neglect the other challenges facing the UK economy. In a little over a year our economy has gone from the fastest growing in the G7 to the slowest, and the IMF’s recent downgrade has added to existing woes over poor productivity. That’s why this budget offers the chancellor an opportunity to set out how good government, working with responsible business, can help improve people’s lives. So when the chancellor opens his red box in a few weeks’ time, business leaders will be looking for measures to create a pro-enterprise environment —…

Source: The Times October 15, 2017 23:02 UTC