of billions in new business the conference was held over eight venues. in birmingham, keir starmertried to reset labour s ties with business after the nationalisation plans of the corbyn era. sometimes, if i may say so, our party has come across as thinking that business is to be tolerated in some way but not to be celebrated as a good in itself, and i think that mindset has changed under my leadership. the government s asking a lot of the private sector. it wants it to do the lion s share of levelling up and decarbonising, which is a tall order for firms emerging into a post covid, post brexit world and facing higher taxes on profits and wages. little wonder, then, that that crucial business investment is still way down on where it was before the pandemic.
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chris ford was there to hear the prime minister s pitch. his family s engineering business has been based near the port for over 100 years, but, right now, he remains cautious. i think smaller businesses would like to invest but it s still uncertain, when prices are rising across the board. so we are seeing material prices, raw material prices, increase, labour costs and energy pricing going up across the board, so we are really, you know, a little bit uncertain about where we re going, so we are possibly not quite ready to make those investmentsjust yet. levelling up will take a generation of investment in equipment and skills, but the younger generation is confident it can work here. funding from the government into local companies would be advantageous, but i definitely don t think it s seen its day, the future is there. the north east is definitely going places. if kelsey is to be proved right, business and government will need each other to make levelling up an economic reality, r
boris powerhouse minister, not a friend of borisjohnson, how can powerhouse minister, not a friend of boris johnson, how can the conservatives get around levelling up conservatives get around levelling up the conservatives get around levelling up the uk conservatives get around levelling up the uk but then they are going to be raising up the uk but then they are going to be raising national insurance to deal be raising national insurance to deal with be raising national insurance to deal with health and social care. we have heard deal with health and social care. we have heard about that over the last few weeks have heard about that over the last few weeks. a lot of cuts are happening as well and the ending of fartow happening as well and the ending of farlow and the extra money given out during farlow and the extra money given out during the farlow and the extra money given out during the pandemic. mps are saying that does during the pandemic. mps are saying that d