Heads of 14 companies will meet prime minister to discuss how to attract more investment to the UK

Rishi Sunak is to meet with bosses from FTSE 100 companies including AstraZeneca, Barclays and Shell to discuss how to attract more investment to the UK.

Fourteen of the country’s biggest companies are due to attend the first meeting of the prime minister’s new business council on Tuesday, according to No 10. The companies are “strategically important industries for UK growth”, the government said.

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