shadow cabinet ministers branded the industry leaders who signed an open letter backing the conservative economic plan as members of the ` 1 per cent ' .
lord prescott , an adviser to ed miliband , went further , suggesting the signatories were ` tax dodgers , tory donors and non doms ' -- even though several were former labour supporters .
business spokesman chuka umunna -lrb- left -rrb- suggested that one , former diageo boss paul walsh , should no longer take over as the head of the cbi .