Business growth and the economy has been overlooked by politicians involved in deciding the make-up of the next UK government, the Institute of Directors has said.
Small business groups have called on politicians to set aside their differences and overcome the worries entrepreneurs have about the negative impact of a hung Parliament.
Whoever wins the election will inherit such a poisoned chalice that their party will be knocked out at the next election and face a generation in the political wildnerness, Mervyn King has claimed.