article_snippet: Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, meanwhile, dismissed the signatories as a 'cosy little club', while Labour peer John Precott went further criticising Labour peer as 'tax dodgers, Tory voters and non-doms'.
article_snippet: Mr Umunna went further dismissed it as a 'letter organised by the Conservative Party in a Conservative-supporting newspaper' after it was first published in the Daily Telegraph.
article_snippet: However, the Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable said the signatories to the letter were 'not exactly representative' of the business community and should 'be careful what the signatories to the letter wish for', accusing some of signing up 'naively' to a Tory stunt.
article_snippet: The list of signatories includes five signatories who previously supported New Labour including Sir Charles Dunstone, chairman of Dixons Carphone and Talk Talk, who signed a letter backing the party before the 2005 election.
article_snippet: Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne, who unveiled a 'seaside manifesto' with Gordon Brown before the 2010 general election, is also a signatory.
highlights_snippet: Lord Prescott said they were 'tax dodgers, Tory voters and non-doms' 