02/04/2010

Robin Walker, Parliamentary Candidate for Worcester has welcomed the fact that major local employers such as Sainsburys, HMV and Marks and Spencer have shown their support for Conservative plans to cancel Labour's planned increase in national insurance.

Over the last couple of days the leaders of a number of national businesses have written to papers expressing their support for the Conservative policy, which will help to support employment and encourage new businesses that create new jobs.

Yesterday morning, our plans to stop Labour's tax on jobs were backed by the leaders of some of Britain's largest companies - such as Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer and Next - which, between them, employ over 500,000 people.

By the afternoon, another fourteen company leaders had added their names to the list, including Richard Caring, a former Labour donor; Ron Dennis, of the Formula One team McLaren; Simon Fox, the chief executive of HMV; and Brent Hoberman, who is a member of Gordon Brown's own Business Council.

They were then followed by the leaders of Britain's business organisations:

·         David Frost, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce

·         Stephen Robertson, Director General, British Retail Consortium

·         John Cridland, Deputy Director General, CBI

·         Phil Orford, Chief Executive, Forum of Private Business

·         John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses

·         Miles Templeman, Director General, Institute of Directors

·         Kevin Green, Chief Executive, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation

Robin Walker, Parliamentary Candidate for Worcester said,

"It is crystal clear that business is on the side of this sane and sensible policy to help jobs. I have spoken to a number of Worcester based businesses who also back the decision and I expect many of those to come out publicly over the coming weeks. The choice at this election is clear: five more years of Gordon Brown, and his tax on jobs that threatens the recovery or the Conservatives, who will stop the tax on jobs and get Britain working by boosting enterprise."

"Every day that I go canvassing I meet people who have lost their jobs as a result of Labour's handling of the recession. I can promise those people hand on heart that helping them get back to work is my number one priority in Worcester. Alistair Darling appears to believe an estimated 50,000 job losses are manageable - I do not.  I think we need to back jobs and the recovery and that means scrapping the job tax."