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| Corbyn: Labour votes 'vital' to EU referendum outcome | Corbyn: Labour votes 'vital' to EU referendum outcome |
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| Labour votes will be crucial if the Remain side is to win the referendum on EU membership, Jeremy Corbyn is to say as he launches the party's campaign. | Labour votes will be crucial if the Remain side is to win the referendum on EU membership, Jeremy Corbyn is to say as he launches the party's campaign. |
| He will appeal to the 9.3 million people who voted Labour at the last general election to turn out on 23 June, saying many of their jobs are dependent on trade with Europe. | He will appeal to the 9.3 million people who voted Labour at the last general election to turn out on 23 June, saying many of their jobs are dependent on trade with Europe. |
| The Labour leader has been urged to make a bolder case for EU membership | The Labour leader has been urged to make a bolder case for EU membership |
| Apart from one major speech, Mr Corbyn has kept a low profile on the issue. | Apart from one major speech, Mr Corbyn has kept a low profile on the issue. |
| The UK's EU vote: All you need to know | The UK's EU vote: All you need to know |
| While all but a handful of Labour MPs support staying in the EU, Mr Corbyn is regarded as the most Eurosceptic leader of the party in a generation. He has called for a more "social Europe" focused on workers rights and social solidarity. | While all but a handful of Labour MPs support staying in the EU, Mr Corbyn is regarded as the most Eurosceptic leader of the party in a generation. He has called for a more "social Europe" focused on workers rights and social solidarity. |
| Ahead of the launch of Labour In, Mr Corbyn told The Times the UK faced a "historic choice" on 23 June and he believed the UK would be stronger to face the challenges of the 21st Century "together". | |
| "I have many criticisms of the European Union, but I believe that we should remain and reform it," he wrote. | "I have many criticisms of the European Union, but I believe that we should remain and reform it," he wrote. |
| "Labour is for staying in because we believe the EU has brought investment, jobs, and protection for workers, consumers and the environment. | "Labour is for staying in because we believe the EU has brought investment, jobs, and protection for workers, consumers and the environment. |
| "This century, we face huge challenges as a people: to tackle climate change, cybercrime and terrorism; to ensure global corporations pay fair taxes, and that all countries trade fairly and protect jobs and pay. | "This century, we face huge challenges as a people: to tackle climate change, cybercrime and terrorism; to ensure global corporations pay fair taxes, and that all countries trade fairly and protect jobs and pay. |
| "We need to work together to address the causes of the huge global refugee movements and to protect the freedom for the people of Britain, and all of Europe, to live, work and retire abroad. All these serious issues self-evidently require international co-operation." | "We need to work together to address the causes of the huge global refugee movements and to protect the freedom for the people of Britain, and all of Europe, to live, work and retire abroad. All these serious issues self-evidently require international co-operation." |
| Labour In, led by former Home Secretary Alan Johnson, is mounting a grassroots campaign targeting students, factory workers and young parents across the country, with a campaign bus visiting 100 towns and cities across the country. | Labour In, led by former Home Secretary Alan Johnson, is mounting a grassroots campaign targeting students, factory workers and young parents across the country, with a campaign bus visiting 100 towns and cities across the country. |
| The majority of trade unions are recommending their members vote to remain in the EU although Labour Leave, whose members include Gisela Stuart and Frank Field, say leaving the EU will allow more money to be spent on the NHS and other public services. | The majority of trade unions are recommending their members vote to remain in the EU although Labour Leave, whose members include Gisela Stuart and Frank Field, say leaving the EU will allow more money to be spent on the NHS and other public services. |