A major British business group today warned that companies need answers over Britain's post-Brexit relations with the European Union, as British Prime Minister Theresa May tried to unite her feuding government around a common vision for future trade with the bloc.
The British Chambers of Commerce said two years after UK voter chose to leave the EU firms still don't know what arrangements will be in a host of areas including tariffs, tax, customs and aviation.
Director-general Adam Marshall said, "Business patience is reaching a breaking point."
Some members of the UK government have downplayed the corporate warnings. Pro-Brexit Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is reported to have dismissed business concerns with a four-letter expletive. But Marshall said "businesses have every right to speak out when it is abundantly clear that the practical questions affecting the competitiveness of their firms and the livelihoods of millions of people remain unanswered."