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Labour for Britain to tackle EU exit
Party’s biggest donor backs MPs to win true reform or get out
THREE Labour MPs and their party’s biggest private donor have a campaign to reform the European Union or consider getting out.
Labour for Britain was born yesterday as the government’s EU referendum Bill cleared another hurdle in the House of Commons.
As the Star revealed on Saturday, veteran left MPs Kate Hoey and Kelvin Hopkins, along with former Cabinet secretary Graham Stringer, will lead the campaign in Parliament.
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