It is the most pro-business Labour gov-ernment ever. Both Gordon Brown, who runs Britain's finances, and Tony Blair, the prime minister, will speak at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in Birmingham next week. In the past they have had a warm welcome. Business still thinks well of Mr Brown's macroeconomics. He and the prime minister speak enthusiastically about enterprise. And though there are moans about red tape, Mr Blair has made ministries conduct a "regulatory impact assessment" of all measures they propose. There is a cabinet-office unit to chivvy them. A given minister is responsible for regulation in each big department. A task force of business people helps them all.
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