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SHAUN BAILEY

www.shaunbailey.co.uk

The change we need.

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Conservative Candidate for Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush

Shaun Bailey Campaign, 4 Greyhound Road, London W6 8NXemail: shaun@shaunbailey.co.uk - telephone: 020 7385 1002

April 2010

Dear Local Business Owner,

Labours proposed increase of 1% in National Insurance is a tax on jobs. It will come atexactly the wrong time in the economic cycle as Britain tries to climb out of the worstrecession in 60 years.

There are now over 80 prominent business leaders who have called for this tax on jobs tobe scrapped. They have welcomed Conservative plans to start reducing government wastenow, rather than waiting until 2011.

As the business leaders have said: Cutting government waste will not endanger therecovery but putting up national insurance will.

Please see overleaf for the letter that business leaders have signed up to, I am asking youif you would like to add your name to this growing list.

In Hammersmith, one of the key challenges is the struggle that small businesses face withhigh business rates and a weak economic environment.And if we are to get unemploymentin Hammersmith down, you need the support of central government to help our residents.

Together, we can get our economy moving again.

Yours sincerely,

Shaun BaileyConservative Parliamentary Candidate for Hammersmith

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BUSINESS LEADERS LETTER

The Government's proposal to increase national insurance, placing an additional tax on jobs, comes atexactly the wrong time in the economic cycle. In a personal capacity, we welcome George Osbornes planto stop the proposed increase in national insurance by cutting Government waste. In the last two years,businesses across the country have cut their costs without undermining the service they provide to their

customers. It is time for the Government to do the same.Few would argue that the state cannot improve. In the last few years, the private sector has improved itsproductivity by around 20 per cent, while productivity in the public sector has fallen by three per cent.Savings can be made by removing the blizzard of irrelevant objectives, restrictive working practices, arcaneprocurement rules and Whitehall interference. Mr Osbornes announcement marks the beginning of thisdebate. As taxpayers we would welcome more efficiency in government.

As businessmen we know that stopping the national insurance rise will protect jobs and support therecovery.

Cutting government waste wont endanger the recovery but putting up national insurance will.

Signed:

Kirby Adams (Chief Executive, Corus); Mark Allen (Chief Executive, Dairy Crest Group plc); Surinder Arora (Chairman, AroraInternational Hotels (Sofitel)); Richard Baker (Chairman, Virgin Active plc); Sir Anthony Bamford (Chairman, JCB); Stefan Barden(Chief Executive, Northern Foods); Robert Bensoussan (Executive Chairman, LK Bennett); Simon Blagden (Chairman, FujitsuTelecommunications (Europe)); Bill Bolsover (Chief Executive, Aggregate Industries); Stephen Bourne (Chief Executive, CambridgeUniversity Press); Tony Brown (Chief Executive, Beales); Dominic Burke (Chief Executive, Jardine Lloyd Thompson); David Cam(Director, Blackpool Pleasure Beach); Richard Caring (Chairman, Soho House Group and Caprice Group); Ian Cheshire (ChiefExecutive, Kingfisher plc); Zameer Choudrey (Chief Executive, Bestway Cash & Carry); Neil Clifford (Chief Executive, Kurt Geiger);Gerald Corbett (Chairman of Britvic plc, SSL International, moneysupermarket.com); Peter Cullum (Executive Chairman, TowergatePartnership); Mick Davis (Chief Executive, Xstrata plc); Chris Dawson (Founder and Managing Director, The Range); Philip Day(CEO Edinburgh Woollen Mills); Ron Dennis (Chairman, McLaren Group); Sir John Egan; Mark Elborne (President & CEO, GE UK,Ireland and Benelux); Ralph Findlay (Chief Executive, Marstons plc); Simon Fox, (Group Chief Executive, HMV); Sir ChristopherGent (Chairman, GlaxoSmithKline plc); Stephen Goodyear (Chief Executive, Young & Cos Brewery plc); Ben Gordon (ChiefExecutive, Mothercare plc); John Griffin (Founder, Addison Lee); Anthony Habgood (Chairman, Reed Elsevier); Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (Founder and Chairman easyGroup); Lord Harris of Peckham (Carpetright plc); Andy Harrison (Chief Executive, easyJet);Peter Harrison (Chief Executive, Travelodge); Grant Hearn (Chief Executive, Travelodge); Aiden Heavey (Chief Executive Tullow Oilplc); Peter Hindle (Chief Executive, Jewson); Anya Hindmarsh; Robert Hiscox (Chairman, Hiscox Ltd); Brent Hoberman (Co-founderlastminute.com and Founder Mydeco.com); Luke Johnson (Founder of Risk Capital Partners and Chairman of Royal Society of Arts);Neil Johnson (Chairman, Hornby plc and Umeco plc); James Kilbane (Chairman, Grafton Recruitment); John King (Chief Executive,House of Fraser); Justin King (Chief Executive, J Sainsbury plc); Richard Kirk (Chief Executive, The Peacock Group); Simon Lockett(Chief Executive, Premier Oil plc); John Lovering (Chairman, Mitchells and Butlers plc); Graham Mackay (Chief Executive,SABMiller plc); Alistair McGeorge (Chief Executive, Matalan); Rick Medlock (CFO Immarsat plc); Nicholas Moreau (Group ChiefExecutive; AXA UK); Stephen Murphy (Chief Executive, Virgin Group Ltd); Charlie Mullins (Managing Director, Pimlico PlumbersLtd); Jamie Murray Wells (Founder of Glasses Direct); Archie Norman (Chairman, Aurigo Management Partners LLP); Mike Norris(Chief Executive, Computacenter); Alan Parker (Chief Executive, Whitbread Plc); Stefano Pessina (Executive Chairman, AllianceBoots); Tony Pidgeley (Group Chairman, Berkeley Group Holdings plc); Jamie Ritblat (Chief Executive, Delancey); Mark Robertshaw(Group Chief Executive, The Morgan Crucible Company PLC); Nick Robertson (Chief Executive, ASOS); Sir Stuart Rose (ExecutiveChairman, Marks and Spencer plc); Chrissie Rucker (Founder, The White Company); Sir Nigel Rudd; Tim Steiner (Chief Executive,Ocado); Ted Tuppen (Chief Executive, Enterprise Inns); Michael Turner (Chief Executive, Fuller, Smith & Turner plc); David Tyler(Chairman, Logica plc); Paul Walker (CEO, Sage plc); Paul Walsh (Chief Executive, Diageo plc); Joseph Wan (Group Chief Executive,Harvey Nichols); Richard Warburton (Executive Director, Warburtons Ltd); Tom Wells (Chairman, Charles Wells Ltd and Muntonsplc); Nick Wheeler (Founder, Charles Tyrwhitt); Bob Wigley (Chairman of Sovereign Reversions plc); Simon Wolfson (Chief Executive,

Next plc); Hossein Yassaie (Chief Executive, Imagination Technologies Group plc).

If you would like to add your support to the Conservatives drive to scrap N.I. increases,please sign your name below and return this sheet to: 4 Greyhound Road, London W6 8NX

Name: ____________________________________________________

Business: ____________________________________________________

email: ____________________________________________________

Telephone: ____________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Postcode: ______________

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