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Labour Scores Large Lead in Survey of UK Business Preference

Keir Starmer during a Labour campaign rally in Worcester, UK, on May 29.Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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A poll of UK company leaders says Labour is the best party for business, signaling the opposition’s push to win over the corporate sector is paying off.

In its first business tracker survey ahead of the July 4 UK general election, the polling company Savanta found Labour held a 17-point lead over the Conservatives, the largest gap recorded since it started the survey in September.