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Workers’ rights are bosses’ club’s only problem with EU
CP leader since 1998 announces he will retire at the first meeting of the new executive committee
THE CBI bosses’ club has criticised the Working Time Directive more than any other European Union policy, research revealed yesterday.
An analysis of CBI press releases shows it issued 65 pro-EU statements between September 2014 and September 2015.
By comparison, the big business lobbying group issued just 13 criticising EU policy over the same period.
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