"Just Don't Say Anything Stupid": Labour's Winning Strategy?

Leaders with Francine Lacqua

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Management, Business

4.6 • 64 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

They say time heals all wounds. But it seems the damage done to the UK economy by Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget last year has yet to be forgiven by investors. According to a new Bloomberg survey, about two-thirds of UK finance professionals said an outright win for Keir Starmer’s Labour Party or a Labour-led coalition would be the “most market-friendly outcome.”

Senior reporters Phil Aldrick and John Stepek join to discuss the survey and what its findings tell us about the City’s thinking heading into the next general election.

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