A Labour donor has told the Chancellor to make a U-turn over her Autumn Budget “before irreversible damage is done” to businesses.
Sacha Lord who is one of Labour’s top donors and has been a member of the Labour party for four years has threatened to quit over Rachel Reeves “crippling” Budget.
Sacha has warned Reeves that “thousands more businesses” are at risk of collapsing unless the Chancellor changes course.
Sacha who chairs industry body the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) wrote a letter on Tuesday saying, “I attended your manifesto launch, I supported you in your bid to become the Government and I believed you had a deep understanding of the problems on the ground.
“Not anymore.
“I heard Labour declare itself the party for business and growth. I no longer believe that to be the case.”
He said that the UK’s hospitality sector employs some 3.5 million people and the Labour party is “threatening its very survival,” warning that this year around 9,000 pubs could close.
Sacha added, “These businesses are not just numbers, they prop up our high streets, our communities and our culture that we are famed for the world over.
“If nothing changes, thousands more businesses will collapse, and Labour will be responsible… Chancellor, you must do better” as “time is running out.”
He continued, “The policies outlined in the Autumn Budget and set to be introduced in April will cripple businesses across the sector, and the consequences of these plans are already becoming visible.”
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