Johnson Vows To Cut Taxes For Businesses Amid Brexit Anger

“Climate Apprenticeships will offer training to school leavers and workers looking to change jobs mid-career, creating the engineers, technicians and construction workers we need to transition to a green economy.

“This election is our last chance to tackle the climate emergency. The Tories have failed to invest in our economy, failed to deliver apprenticeships and failed to face up to the climate emergency.”

Swinson, whose party backs immediately cancelling Brexit by revoking Article 50, will also set out her stall. 

She will say: “In an interview last week, Carolyn asked who the party of business is today.

“The answer is clear. The Liberal Democrats are the natural party of business.

“With the Conservatives in the pocket of Nigel Farage and Jeremy Corbyn stuck in the 1970s, we are the only ones standing up for you.   

“Because we believe that any form of Brexit, whether it’s hard or soft, blue or red, will be bad for jobs, business, and our public services.” 

Fairbairn, who spoke to Sky News on Sunday, hit out at both Corbyn and Johnson. 

She claimed Corbyn’s programme of nationalisation would “freeze investment” and said Johnson’s bid to slash migration could spark a skills crisis. 

Asked if she believed Corbyn was a “friend to business”, Fairbairn replied: “We look at the policies on the table [from Labour] and we have real concerns that they are going to crack the foundations of our economy.”

Moving on to the Tory Party, Fairbairn called Johnson’s approach to immigration “a worry”. 

Johnson has scrapped the Conservatives’ target of bringing net migration down to the “tens of thousands”, but has said that all migrants coming to the UK must have a job offer unless they are special exceptions, such as skilled scientists or someone starting a business. 

Fairbairn said businesses and public services need skilled workers, sometimes from abroad, and that the move threatened to leave the UK ultimately worse off. 

“When we hear talk about brightest and best, I think that is a worry,” she said. “If you do want to build 200,000 houses a year, you don’t just need the architects and the designers, you need the carpenters, you need the electricians, you need the labourers.”