Ministers clash with business leaders over calls to open borders

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In past times, many people have come from Europe to London to work for two or three years, but that pool of workers has diminished since Brexit.
51% : The dispute with business leaders came amid a fresh storm over Brexit after weekend newspaper reports suggested the Government was considering negotiating a softer Swiss-style trading relationship with the EU.
44% : But his attempts to reassure business leaders after last week's Autumn Statement set out plans to raise taxes by £25 billion were overshadowed by the immigration row.
40% : For hospitality, the vacancies mean we cannot operate at full capacity with half of businesses cutting hours, closing on certain days and reducing capacity -- that means we are turning away £25 billion in business and the Treasury is losing £7 billion in tax."

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