Labour Leave was set up to represent the large number of Labour supporters who want to see significant change in our country’s relationship with the EU and to make their voice heard in the EU renegotiation.  Labour Leave seeks to provide a space for Labour Party members and activists to debate these issues and to campaign for a reformed EU.

As the recent General Election showed, there is strong support among Labour voters for a new relationship between the UK and the EU to bring the organisation closer to the needs of the people it represents. In the coming months, Labour Leave will be pushing for changes which ensure that our laws are made in London rather than Brussels and that our public services are protected from the provisions of EU free trade deals. We believe that free movement rules need to be reformed so that they are fair for British workers, and we want to see reform of EU institutions to increase democracy and accountability. Labour voters want to see reform and the Labour Party should champion their wishes.

We believe that if the Labour Party unites behind campaigning for the UK staying in the EU whatever the current renegotiation may bring, it will significantly weaken the UK’s negotiating position. On the contrary, Labour ought to be defining what it thinks the changes to our terms of EU membership ought to be and should then campaign hard to get them adopted.

At the 2015 General Election the country voted overwhelmingly for parties seeking a reformed relationship with the European Union. It would be a political mistake for Labour to campaign to stay in the EU come what may without seeking reforms when the country has voted for a reform.

Labour Leave believes that the United Kingdom should not rule out leaving the EU, if substantial changes are not achieved. If necessary, Labour Leave believes that we should negotiate a new, looser relationship, which addresses the concerns of Labour voters and the population as a whole.

“Labour ought to be defining what it thinks the changes to our terms of EU membership ought to be and should then campaign hard to get them adopted.”

 – Labour Leave