Former Conservative Party donor John Caudwell has said he is backing Labour to win the General Election.
In a statement Mr Caudwell said: "I can declare publicly that I will vote for Labour, and I encourage everybody to do the same."We need a very strong Labour Government that can take extremely bold decisions and you can rest assured that I will be doing my best to influence them wherever I can, in putting the great back in Britain."Mr Caudwell added that he was "amazed by how Keir Starmer has transformed the Labour Party and brought it back from that Corbyn brink.
"But I've been increasingly critical of Tory failures since then, particularly over Rishi's mismanagement of the economy during Covid, Boris' lowering of ethical standards and, of course, associated with that the accusation that Tory cronies benefited improperly regarding Covid PPE - and then the Liz Truss debacle. "Over the last two years especially, I have been amazed by how Keir Starmer has transformed the Labour Party and brought it back from that Corbyn brink.
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