Labour is pro-business and pro-worker, argues Reeves

A Labour government can be both pro-business and pro-worker, Rachel Reeves will argue in her first major election speech today.

- TARA COBHAM

The shadow chancellor is expected to tell business leaders that, having brought business back to Labour, the party can now bring growth back to Britain”.

She will also tell working people that, by bringing business back to Britain, her party will in turn “deliver a better future” for them.

Under Sir Keir Starmer, Labour has tried to woo businesses as a way of demonstrating it can be trusted with the economy. Those efforts have brought success, with business attendance at recent party conferences higher than under Jeremy Corbyn and wealthy business executives donating more to Labour’s war chest.