With each passing day, the government’s insistence that economic growth is its “number one priority” sounds more and more offensive. Just a few days ago, the Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, said he believes that “good policy, good strategies, and good government working hand-in-hand with the private sector, can make a difference.” This may be true, but it’s also the case that bad policy, poor strategies and muddled government leads to business confidence crashing to the lowest recorded level in a decade.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) spoke to 2,000 firms and

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