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Sainsbury's chief Simon Roberts urges Chancellor not to hit businesses with more tax
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Simon Roberts, chief executive of Sainsbury's, the UK's second largest supermarket chain, expressed his desire to avoid a recurrence of previous Labour budgets following discussions at No 11 Downing Street last week. He also asked the government to reform business rates, help firms hire and loosen capacity rules tied to farming investment, ahead of the Budget on Wednesday.
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