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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jane Dalton

Starmer wins backing of billionaire BlackRock chief: ‘He offers hope to British politics’

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One of the world’s leading financiers has given his backing to Sir Keir Starmer, saying the Labour leader offers a “measurement of hope” to British politics.

Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, told the Wall Street Journal that Sir Keir had shown “real strength” in bringing Labour back to the centre ground of British politics after Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

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