Rishi Sunak will hold the first of a series of summits with UK corporate leaders on Monday as his ruling Conservative party seeks to repair the damage done by the Brexit years and fend off Labour’s attempts to become the party of business.
The debut of the “Business Connect” forum, which will bring together 200 senior business figures at a venue in London, will take on extra urgency as the UK’s premier business lobby group, the CBI, teeters on the brink of collapse following two rape allegations.
Downing Street said the prime minister wanted the format to become “a new platform” for businesses to engage with government. “We are bringing together some of the UK’s biggest companies and investors for meaningful dialogue,” Sunak said.