CBI turmoil: the toxic feud at the heart of Britain’s biggest lobbying group

Sacked director general Tony Danker says he has been made a ‘fall guy’ for an organisation rocked by controversy

• Former CBI boss trades blows with president over dismissal

For a business group used to sitting at the political top table, and one that is desperately trying to salvage its reputation, this could hardly have been a more untimely and undignified public row.

On national radio on Wednesday morning, Tony Danker, the former director general of the Confederation of British Industry, claimed he had been sacked unfairly by the lobbying group.