Keir Starmer bids to jettison Corbyn era as he cosies up to businesses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : 'We reject the calls from those on the right wing of the Conservative Party to cut corporation tax.
53% : The event - which also saw a pledge from shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves not to hike corporation tax - is the latest effort by Labour to woo firms ahead of the general election.
50% : He is completely out of his depth.' Ms Reeves cosied up to business as she ruled out hiking corporation tax if Labour comes to power
50% : 'The next Labour government will make the pro-business choice and the pro-growth choice: We will cap the headline rate of corporation tax at its current rate of 25 per cent for the next parliament.
46% : Sir Keir Starmer swiped at left-wing predecessor Jeremy Corbyn today as he asked attendees of Labour's £1,000 a head business event: 'Would you have come in 2019?' In an address to a room of 400 business bosses, Sir Keir suggested their attendance demonstrated the 'changes' he had made to Labour since taking charge in 2020 The event - which also saw a pledge from shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves not to hike corporation tax - is the latest effort by Sir Keir to woo firms ahead of the general election At the start of his address to senior executives this afternoon, Sir Keir urged attendees - who paid a reported £1,000 each to be in the room - to 'cast your mind back to 2019'. 'Let's imagine that you were invited to an event like this, a Labour business conference, before any of the changes to our party had taken place,' he added.

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