By Michael Race
Business reporter, BBC News
Sir James Dyson has accused the government of having a “stupid” and “short-sighted” approach to the economy and business in the UK.
He said growth had “become a dirty word” during Rishi Sunak’s premiership.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Dyson founder urged the government to “incentivise private innovation and demonstrate its ambition for growth”.
Michael Gove, levelling-up secretary, said the government was “firing on all cylinders” to help business.
A prominent supporter of Brexit with a fortune worth £23bn according to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sir James said the government believed it could “impose tax upon tax on companies in the belief that penalising the private sector is a free win at the ballot box”.
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