Labour has made its latest pitch to business. Did it convince them the party is a government-in-waiting?
The Labour leader says the appetite to talk to business about the party's plans is “palpable and tangible"Labour has made its latest pitch for power to business leaders at Canary Wharf, one of London's financial hubs. Was it enough to convince them the party is a government-in-waiting?On the face of it, Labour's business conference in Canary Wharf was to launch a report promoting and encouraging business start-ups.
But neither Sir Keir nor Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, could name a single company which was endorsing the party itself for the first time. This time, attendees were wooed first by coffee and pastries, then over lunch with a noodle dish and strawberry-and-melon-infused water.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer attempted to woo business leaders in London
She said the legislation hadn't "made a blind bit of difference because when working people have had enough, they decide to take industrial action". But she suggested private businesses were likely to be more reasonable than the government.
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