By James Burton For The Daily Mail
Published: 00:36 BST, 16 May 2019 | Updated: 00:36 BST, 16 May 2019
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Sajid Javid will today back a radical overhaul of small business taxes amid growing evidence that the Tories are losing the support of entrepreneurs.
The Home Secretary will launch a think-tank report which calls for drastic simplification of the tax system to reduce red tape.
The Centre for Policy Studies study by Nick King, a former special adviser to Mr Javid, includes findings that small company owners are losing faith in the Conservative Party.
Sajid Javid, pictured, will address the failing relationship between the Conservative Party and business at the launch of a report at an influential think tank
Mr Javid, who is planning a leadership bid to replace Theresa May in Downing Street said the government should slash red tape in an effort to help small businesses
Around 62 per cent of small firms’ bosses said the Government is not on their side. And 49 per cent of the Conservative-voting public said their own party does not back small enterprises, while just 24 per cent said it did.
In a significant departure from his normal home affairs brief, Mr Javid will give an
