UK Labour touts pro-business shift as industry figures back party in election

The UK’s Labour opposition vowed Tuesday to be both “pro-worker and pro-business” after winning the backing of 120 industry leaders as the party tries to oust the Conservatives in the upcoming general election.

In a speech at a Rolls Royce factory in central England, Rachel Reeves — who is set to become finance minister if Labour wins power on July 4 — argued it was now “the natural party” of business.