Labour is wooing businesses and bankers as it readies itself for office in a repeat of the “prawn cocktail offensive” by Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to get finance on side before their 1997 victory.
Business leaders say Sir Keir Starmer and his shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves have stepped up their efforts to win over the City, in private talks with bankers and chief executives. One City lobbyist said: “Labour leaders have spent many more hours with business than they have in schools and hospitals. I’ve been invited to breakfast with Jonathan Reynolds (shadow business secretary) about a dozen times in the last few months.”
