A leading British industry group has warned the government against announcing new business tax rises in next week’s budget, which it said would dampen the UK’s economic recovery. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said on Friday that UK businesses share the government’s aim to boost private sector investment, but worry that the budget will not do what is needed to achieve its objective. CBI Director-General Tony Danker said the recovery was fragile, warning ministers they were “betting the shop” on private sector investment without doing what it takes to attract it. “We cannot take the economic recovery for granted,” he said. “If the UK is to break out of a decade-plus cycle of anaemic growth and zero productivity, then the government has to get serious about what it will actually take to deliver that.” Danker said there is a “fundamental inconsistency” between the government’s intention to unlock business investment …