Reynolds to hold talks with bosses amid business budget backlash

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Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, will host a call with chiefs on Monday as corporate Britain digests a potential £25bn annual national insurance raid, Sky News learns.

The business secretary will next week hold talks with dozens of private sector bosses as the government contends with a significant corporate backlash to Labour's first fiscal event in nearly 15 years. Sky News has learnt that executives have been invited to join a conference call on Monday with Jonathan Reynolds, in what will represent his first meaningful engagement with employers since Wednesday's budget statement.

An increase in employer NICs had been trailed by officials in advance of the budget, but the lowering of the threshold to just £5,000 has triggered forecasts of a wave of redundancies and even insolvencies across labour-intensive industries. Sectors such as retail and hospitality, which employ substantial numbers of part-time workers, have been particularly vocal in their condemnation of the move.

 

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