Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Labour Leave to split from Vote Leave

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Following reports of a furious row between Labour Leave and Vote Leave in the Guardian and the Times, I understand that Labour Leave will later today issue a statement confirming that it is going to work as an independent group and will not be supporting Vote Leave’s bid for official designation from the Electoral Commission.

The Labour group has decided to work with other grassroots groups such as ‘GO’, set up by Tory MP Peter Bone and Labour MP Kate Hoey, after a split between party donor John Mills and other Vote Leave staff. Nick Watt and Sam Coates published extracts of a letter in which Mills complains about bickering and a loss of trust between the two groups. It also said ‘we have lost Kate.

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