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BOSS Today #58 LOBBYING

BOSS Lobbying

Update

WELCOME TO YOUR BOSS LOBBYING UPDATE FOR AUGUST 2023.

traditionally safe Conservative seat manufacturer members it’s a great
of Mid-Bedfordshire the main parties opportunity to showcase and promote
have been knocking on doors for weeks your work so save the date!
already…expect plenty more photo
opportunities and voxpops on the news
as the evenings draw in.
Political Update
As recess comes to an end, the parties
ready themselves for a fortnight in
Westminster before Parliament shuts
down again for party conferences. It’s More EPR change
been a quiet recess, with not much In addition to last month’s change
political news. But that may change in National Manufacturing Day in schedule for Extended Producer
the next week or two when both Labour National Manufacturing Day (NMD), Responsibility (EPR) reporting, Defra
and the Conservatives are expected co-ordinated by Make UK (of which have now announced that payments for
to reshuffle their front benches into we’re a member through our partner EPR will be delayed until October 2025.
the lineups that will lead them into the BPIF) takes place on 28 September. The Government says it will use the
2024 General Election. Also keeping On NMD, employers open their doors additional year to continue to discuss
the political players busy in the early to their local communities for a the scheme’s design with industry and
autumn will be the run-up to two by- behind-the-scenes look into the life reduce the costs of implementation
elections expected in October. In the of a manufacturing business. For our wherever possible.

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