News

Law

Asset Management

Investment Banking

Wealth

Hedge Funds

People

Newsletters

Events

Lists

Politics

City grandees back Labour’s business plans

Labour has received the backing of around 120 business leaders ahead of a general election on 4 July

Labour has been wooing business leaders for years ahead of an expected General Election
Labour has been wooing business leaders for years ahead of an expected General Election Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

A raft of business leaders including a former JPMorgan vice chair and an ex-Slaughter and May partner have written a letter supporting Labour’s economic policy ahead of the general election.

Charles Harman, a former Cazenove and JPMorgan banker, and Charles Randell, a consultant at Slaughter and May, are among 121 business heavyweights to back the party as it bids to burnish its business credentials ahead of the 4 July vote.

WSJ Logo