Electioncast: Billionaire Backs Labour

Published: June 18, 2024, 7:19 p.m.

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Today, we look at a billionaire former donor to the Conservative Party who has told Chris Mason he will vote Labour for the first time in his life.\\n \\nJohn Caudwell, the entrepreneur businessman who founded Phones 4U gave the Tories half a million pounds before the last general election. Caudwell has told Chris that Labour have undergone a \\u201ctransformation\\u201d and that Rishi Sunak is an \\u201cabsolute dud\\u201d in an exclusive interview. \\n \\nAnd Marianna is back in the studio to talk about the UK Undercover Voters and the political ads they\\u2019ve been seeing on their social media feeds.\\n \\nApply to join us on election night: https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/newscast-all-nighter \\n \\nYou can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere\\n \\nNewscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper and Elliot Ryder. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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