RACHEL Reeves was mocked after a Labour list of 120 business backers was found to include no CEOs from Britain’s top 100 firms.
And one even the sits on the board of Thames Water as it teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.
The Shadow Chancellor hailed the roster of big beasts as a sign Labour could be trusted to launch pro-business policies and deliver economic growth.
Yet it emerged some of the executives had already left the companies they were listed as representing.
They include Karen Blackett, who was listed as a leader at advert giant WPP despite resigning from the firm in February after a 29-year career.
Another signee, PR boss Kevin McKeever, was also revealed as a former Labour parliamentary candidate.
The Unite union, which donates millions a year to Labour, blasted the party over the inclusion of ex-Heathrow Airport CEO John Holland-Kaye.
The union claims the airport chief used an “exceptional circumstances” clause to sack 4,000 staff before rehiring them on worse terms in late 2020 – a practice Keir Starmer has pledged to outlaw if elected.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said the party should “immediately distance” itself from Holland-Kaye.
She added he was “responsible for one of, if not the most brutal example, of fire and rehire during the Covid pandemic.”
Richard Walker from Iceland also signed – months after quitting the Tories in a huff about not being made an MP.
Labour was asked to comment.
