{"id":26399,"date":"2023-11-28T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26399"},"modified":"2023-11-28T17:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:49:36","slug":"top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/","title":{"rendered":"Top business chiefs will flee UK if Keir Starmer wins, claims Kemi Badenoch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Kemi Badenoch says &#8216;we cannot stand still&#8217; on UK investment<\/h3>\n<p>Top Tory Kemi Badenoch has said business leaders voiced fears about a potential Labour government while she hosted the Global Investment Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Badenoch, the Business and Trade secretary, said the UK had \u201csmashed\u201d its investment target from the get-together, more than tripling 2021\u2019s \u00a39.5billion raised to \u00a329.5billion.<\/p>\n<p>However she claimed she had been saddened to hear from some investors at the London summit that they are planning to move their headquarters out of the UK if Labour win the next General Election.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed: &#8220;They tell me Labour relentlessly talk down the UK economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our future is bright! We must not let Labour ruin it.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE: <\/strong> <strong>Kemi Badenoch blasts &#8216;doom-laden nonsense&#8217; about Brexit Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5089982.jpg?r=1701191623220\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabour merely tolerate business; Conservatives understand that government needs to create the conditions for economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is business, not government that creates wealth, growth and productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Badenoch also compared Labour to \u201cone of those candidates on The Apprentice who get fired early on\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll big talk and no substance\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Badenoch also appeared to take a swipe at her predecessor Liz Truss, who served as Trade Secretary from 2019 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Michael Gove cut off at Covid inquiry after suggesting virus was man-made[WATCH] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Tories \u2018give up trying with young people\u2019 after quietly scrapping HQ role[EXCLUSIVE] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Rishi Sunak pledges that David Cameron\u2019s return won\u2019t soften UK\u2019s China stance[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5089985.jpg?r=1701191623283\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Truss was a fan of &#8220;photo opportunities&#8221; while undertaking the job.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Badenoch said that as Trade Secretary she insists \u201cthat every overseas meeting delivers a tangible benefit for UK citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThey are not photo ops. We serve you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She cited the Australia-based pensions fund Aware Super, whom she met in Sydney in July.<\/p>\n<p>Aware Super used the Global Investment Summit yesterday to announce a new \u00a35billion investment in UK housing and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Among those contributing to the new \u00a329.5billion extra investment, confirmed yesterday, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a37billion in UK renewables by Spanish firm Iberdrola<\/li>\n<li>\u00a31billion from German firm BioNTech for new labs in Cambridge<\/li>\n<li>\u00a32.5billion from Microsoft for AI infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>\u00a31billion from YONDR for a data centre in Slough<\/li>\n<li>\u00a31billion from Ellison Institute of Technology for research and development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Business Secretary said the new investment will lead to over 12,500 new UK jobs.<\/p>\n<p>She also made a jibe at neighbouring France, pointing out the summit raised \u201cover double\u201d what the country\u2019s equivalent recent summit did.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1840076\/Kemi-Badenoch-Labour-warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kemi Badenoch says &#8216;we cannot stand still&#8217; on UK investment Top Tory Kemi Badenoch has said business leaders voiced fears about a potential Labour government while she hosted the Global Investment Summit. Ms Badenoch, the Business and Trade secretary, said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top business chiefs will flee UK if Keir Starmer wins, claims Kemi Badenoch - berkshiredoulas.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top business chiefs will flee UK if Keir Starmer wins, claims Kemi Badenoch - berkshiredoulas.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kemi Badenoch says &#8216;we cannot stand still&#8217; on UK investment Top Tory Kemi Badenoch has said business leaders voiced fears about a potential Labour government while she hosted the Global Investment Summit. Ms Badenoch, the Business and Trade secretary, said...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"berkshiredoulas.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-28T17:49:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5089982.jpg?r=1701191623220\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/\",\"name\":\"Top business chiefs will flee UK if Keir Starmer wins, claims Kemi Badenoch - berkshiredoulas.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-28T17:49:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-28T17:49:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0fc92ce3d7dbe0643ea3c2715d13f8c6\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/\",\"name\":\"berkshiredoulas.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0fc92ce3d7dbe0643ea3c2715d13f8c6\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7aca4f86fabcf86dea691affb8aff34e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7aca4f86fabcf86dea691affb8aff34e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top business chiefs will flee UK if Keir Starmer wins, claims Kemi Badenoch - berkshiredoulas.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Top business chiefs will flee UK if Keir Starmer wins, claims Kemi Badenoch - berkshiredoulas.com","og_description":"Kemi Badenoch says &#8216;we cannot stand still&#8217; on UK investment Top Tory Kemi Badenoch has said business leaders voiced fears about a potential Labour government while she hosted the Global Investment Summit. Ms Badenoch, the Business and Trade secretary, said...","og_url":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/","og_site_name":"berkshiredoulas.com","article_published_time":"2023-11-28T17:49:36+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5089982.jpg?r=1701191623220"}],"author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/","url":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/","name":"Top business chiefs will flee UK if Keir Starmer wins, claims Kemi Badenoch - berkshiredoulas.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T17:49:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-28T17:49:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0fc92ce3d7dbe0643ea3c2715d13f8c6"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/top-business-chiefs-will-flee-uk-if-keir-starmer-wins-claims-kemi-badenoch\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/","name":"berkshiredoulas.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0fc92ce3d7dbe0643ea3c2715d13f8c6","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7aca4f86fabcf86dea691affb8aff34e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7aca4f86fabcf86dea691affb8aff34e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26400,"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399\/revisions\/26400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}