Business issues 90-day challenge to new government

Whatever party gains power after this Thursday's general election, it has just 90 days to prove its business credentials, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has claimed.

Issuing a 12-point plan for growth, the employers' group said the next government has to put business at the heart of its thinking from day one.

Included in the BCC's demands is a call to scrap Labour's planned National Insurance increase, a moratorium on new employment laws before 2014, a "systematic review" of business regulations and measures to increase finance for viable companies.

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