It’s no secret that Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, and the rest of the Labour cabinet have been captured by corporate interests.
Health secretary Wes Streeting has received at least £372,000 in donations from sources with links to private healthcare since 2015, equivalent to around £10,000 per month. The international lobbying and PR firm FGS Global, which is owned by the private equity firm that pulled out of buying Thames Water in June, sent a member of staff to work in Reeves’ office during the election campaign. And the party has received over £1m in donations from firms tied to the gambling industry in the past two years.
Labour’s links to big business and wealthy donors are concerning in themselves, but we now have direct evidence that they are being used to influence policy.
