Starmer Urged to Chair New Cabinet Committee on Economic Security as Supply-Chain Shocks Bite

Starmer urged to chair new cabinet committee on economic security as supply-chain shocks bite

Sir Keir Starmer is facing fresh calls to spearhead a new cabinet committee charged with shielding British businesses from the mounting cost of global economic shocks, after one of the country’s most influential lobby groups warned that the UK remains dangerously exposed to disruption. In a report published on Sunday night, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said a decade marked by Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukrai…

UK’s Economic Security At Risk - Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is urging Government to prioritise the UK’s economic security, after 10 years of geopolitical shocks have repeatedly damaged growth. Businesses in the UK have been left permanently bruised by the Pandemic, Brexit, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, supply chain chaos and US tariffs.  The BCC’s new report, Delivering Growth: Resilient Global Supply Chains, sets out urgent steps needed to secure vital manuf…

UK’s Economic Security At Risk  - British Chambers of Commerce

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is urging Government to prioritise the UK’s economic security, after 10 years of geopolitical shocks have repeatedly damaged growth.  Businesses in the UK have been left permanently bruised by the Pandemic, Brexit, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, supply chain chaos and US tariffs.   The BCC’s new report, Delivering Growth: Resilient Global Supply Chains, sets out urgent steps needed to secure vital man…