Piling more taxes onto UK firms will be the 'road to ruin', Andy Burnham has been warned by the head of one of Britain's leading business groups.
As fears grow of a lurch to the Left under a Burnham premiership, British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) director general Shevaun Haviland said business cannot take any more.
Labour has already hammered firms with a £25 billion rise in employer national insurance and a raft of new workers' rights.
And writing for dailymail.co.uk, Ms Haviland said: 'There is nothing left in the tank.'
The comments come ahead of the BCC holding its annual conference in Westminster today amid growing speculation over Mr Burnham's plans for government should he – as widely expected – take over as Prime Minister from Sir Keir Starmer.
