Members will be asked whether its plan for renewal is enough to give them “the confidence you need to support the CBI” – a vote which will determine the future path of the scandal-hit group. But a raft of major companies have already quit the CBI due to the allegations – including John Lewis, Aviva and ITV – and are not taking part in the vote, while the Government has also suspended its engagement with the group. She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Even throughout this crisis, the vast majority of the CBI members have stayed with us.”She said she will “challenge” the Government to reconsider its current veto if members give the CBI their vote of confidence. But CBI president Brian McBride said on Monday that the outcome of the critical vote is not a “given”. Mr Danker told the BBC his name had been wrongly associated with separate claims, including the alleged rapes which reportedly happened before he joined the CBI.

Source: The Times June 06, 2023 10:32 UTC