Supporting Sir Keir Starmer in the general election, Rachel Carrell, the CEO and founder of Koru Kids, said the Conservatives "are not serious people" but Labour's top team would give the UK the stability that is "absolutely essential to business growth and ... getting necessary reforms through".
She also said that she looked forward to "living in a country with competent leadership" after it had lurched from "crisis to crisis, embarrassment to embarrassment" under the Conservatives. Her verdict will come as a blow to Mr Sunak, who was at the centre of a conflict-of-interest row over his wife's shareholding in the company last year.
The prime minister was forced to apologise for not declaring Akshata Murty's shares in Koru Kids when he was quizzed by MPs about the government's childcare policies.
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