Coalition partners split on key business issues

Posted by Dan Martin in Regulation on Mon, 20/09/2010 - 11:18

Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs disagree on important business issues, new British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) research suggests.

According to a study commissioned by the BCC to coincide with the Liberal Democrats Conference in Liverpool, when it comes to helping companies create jobs and aiding the UK's economic recovery, there are discrepancies among MPs from the two coalition parties.

The survey found, for instance, that whereas 87% of Conservatives believed the balance of employment law had shifted too far towards the employee, to the detriment of the employer, 71% of Liberal Democrats disagreed.
 
In addition, 62% of Conservatives were in favour of appointing a full-time trade minister to 'bang the drum' for British companies overseas, compared to half of Liberal Democrats who felt such a minister was not necessary.

And on infrastructure investment, there were similarly disagreements. More than two thirds of Liberal Democrat MPs wanted spending on infrastructure to rise or remain constant in real terms, with only 27% of Conservatives thinking the same.

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