LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Financial Times joined the Sunday Times in endorsing the opposition Labour Party on Sunday, both throwing their weight behind the party for the first time in almost two decades with days to go before the July 4 parliamentary election.

The FT has not supported Labour at a national election since 2005, but it said on Sunday that the country was hankering for a fresh start and Labour should be given the opportunity to provide it.

“The Labour Party of Sir Keir Starmer is better placed today to provide the leadership the country needs,” the FT said in its editorial, referring to the party’s leader.

The Sunday Times said in an editorial that the country needs a “radical reset” after 14 years of Conservative rule.

That…