Article: Business still finds Labour unattractive

JUST five per cent of business leaders would vote Labour if there were an election tomorrow. So says a survey that suggests Tony Blair still has a mountain to climb to win hearts and minds in the business community. Sixty-three per cent would vote Conservative and six per cent Liberal Democrat.

According to a Mori poll conducted for Management Today magazine, 43 per cent of captains of industry say a Labour government would be detrimental to British business, while 42 per cent say it would make no difference.

The overwhelming reason for the anti-Blair stance among the directors of Top 500 companies was the fear of adverse changes to personal taxation. Half the 103 respondents cited this ...

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