Saturday 20 February 2016

Local MP supports campaign to keep Britain in the EU

MERIDEN MP Caroline Spelman will be campaigning in favour of the UK remaining a member of the European Union.
The former Environment Secretary has welcomed the deal agreed late last night which aims to reshape Britain's relationship with the 28-nation bloc.
The MP was last month confirmed as one of the patrons of Conservatives for Reform in Europe - a group of Tories who believe that it is in the national interest to remain.
An in/out referendum has now been scheduled to take place on June 23.
Tweeting after the Prime Minister had confirmed the details of the new agreement, Mrs Spelman said: "I welcome the PM's deal for improved membership of a reformed Europe & would encourage support for staying in the EU."
North Solihull will be an interesting battleground in the run-up to the referendum, not least because it is represented by councillors with wildly different views about the EU.
In Kingshurst & Fordbridge, UKIP has won two council seats in as many years. However, in neighbouring Smith's Wood and Chelmsley Wood, the Green Party - who are fiercely pro-European - command considerable support.

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