Big banks, oil companies and tech firms were among the more than 500 lobbyists and executives who flocked to Labour’s biggest ever business event at its conference, paying £3,000 a ticket for the chance to gain access to ministers.
Keir Starmer was introduced by the chief executive of HSBC and interviewed by the UK chief of Google, and told businesses they should come directly to No 10 if they had any problems being heard by the government.
