CBI Annual Conference: Press coverage
How the press reported on the events of the CBI Annual Conference
Coverage of David Cameron's speech to the CBI mostly focused on the prime minister's admission that tackling debt had proved "harder than anyone had envisaged". The Evening Standard took his statements as suggesting that national borrowing may rise. The Financial Times also suggested that the government's timetable is behind schedule, while the Times linked Cameron's admissions to poll data that shows optimism at its lowest point since the 2009 banking crisis.
The Independent reported in a similar vein, but there was more optimism from the Daily Mail, which ran coverage of the speech alongside news of data that shows that public sector borrowing has fallen by £1.2bn, while the Daily Telegraph reiterated Cameron's commitment to reduce the deficit.
Sir Roger Carr's speech was also widely covered. The president of the CBI was said by the Times to have launched a "stinging repudiation of unacceptable behaviour" as he warned of the need to ensure that business is respected by society. However the Financial Times also stressed Sir Roger's comments that "Big business is not bad business" and his calls to end the "demonisation of banks".
The Daily Mail and the Independent, on the other hand, focused on Sir Roger's warnings that British workers should not feel a "sense of entitlement" to jobs as the balance of economic power moves overseas.
The Times, meanwhile, reported on the speech given by Turkish president Abdullah Gül, in which he criticised the "reckless actors" of the eurozone.
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