Cross-party campaign group 'Vote Leave' is launched
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Cross-party campaign group 'Vote Leave' is launched
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A cross-party campaign to take the UK out of the EU has been launched, with one of its key backers saying it can be a "unifying force" for Eurosceptics. Vote Leave is made up of Conservative, Labour and UKIP MPs and donors.
It is competing with a rival group, UKIP-backed
Leave.EU, to be the official Out campaign in the referendum promised by the end of 2017. David Cameron is to discuss his planned EU reforms with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Chequers later.
'Take control'
Vote Leave, whose supporters include Conservative former Chancellor Lord Lawson, Labour's Kate Hoey and UKIP's Douglas Carswell, says it wants to negotiate a new deal based on free trade and friendly co-operation.
The group is funded by people of different party affiliations, such as the City millionaire and Tory donor Peter Cruddas,
Labour's biggest private backer John Mills and former UKIP treasurer Stuart Wheeler.
Its core message is about sovereignty, with "take control" the main slogan. It is planning to spend about £20m.
Ms Hoey called for an end to the "supremacy" of EU legislation over UK law, saying: "If we vote to leave, then the £350m we send to Brussels every week can be spent on our priorities like the NHS".
The campaign needs to be broad, and put forward a case that appeals to everyone. This is the start of that.
I think we can do it, I really do.
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