Lead In and Out campaigns chosen


The two lead campaign organisations in the EU referendum have been named by the watchdog, the Electoral Commission.


The commission has decided the lead campaigner for Brexit should be Vote Leave Limited — ahead of Grassroots Out, backed by UKIP's Nigel Farage.


Vote Leave’s core campaign committee comprises Tory MPs Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, Labour’s Gisela Stuart, along with the campaign’s chief executive Matthew Elliot (ex-Taxpayers’ Alliance), Dominic Cummings, a former special adviser to Gove, and former Labour MP Ian Davidson.


The successful, and sole applicant, as lead campaigner for the “Remain” outcome was The In Campaign Ltd. Will Straw, son of Labour politician Jack Straw, heads up this campaign.


Both organisations will be able to spend up to £7 million on their respective campaigns.


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