Leading businesses are scared about speaking out in favour of Brexit because of “threats” coming from Downing Street, Vote Leave’s chief campaigner claimed today. Dominic Cummings, Campaign Director of the official Brexit group, made the allegation during an at times confrontational appearance before MPs this afternoon. Cummings, who used to work for Michael Gove when he was Education Secretary, told the Treasury Committee that senior officials in Government were telling business leaders “bad things” would happen if they called for the UK to vote to leave the EU on June 23. He initially claimed calls were coming from the office of the UK’s top civil...
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