SHADOW business secretary Ken Clarke will be the keynote speaker at the Institute of Directors (IoD) annual conference in the North West.

Clarke, a former Conservative chancellor, is expected to discuss the forthcoming general election, the challenges facing businesses and how his party plans to tackle national debt and taxation. Darrell Matthews, regional director of the IoD in the North West said: "All eyes are on the Conservative party at the moment as election, and their moment of truth, looms large.

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